Frankenstein; or, The Modern PrometheusFrankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley (1797–1851) that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition was published anonymously in London on January 1, 1818, when she was 20. Her name first appeared in the second edition published in Paris in 1821. |
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Page 7
... object of which I now feel as a most severe evil , I have no friend , Margaret : when I am glow- ing with the enthusiasm of success , there will be none to parti- cipate my joy ; if I am assailed by disappointment , no one will ...
... object of which I now feel as a most severe evil , I have no friend , Margaret : when I am glow- ing with the enthusiasm of success , there will be none to parti- cipate my joy ; if I am assailed by disappointment , no one will ...
Page 17
... object should appear in sight . Such is my journal of what relates to this strange occurrence up to the present day . The stranger has gradually improved in health but is very silent and appears uneasy when anyone 17.
... object should appear in sight . Such is my journal of what relates to this strange occurrence up to the present day . The stranger has gradually improved in health but is very silent and appears uneasy when anyone 17.
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... . Wealth was an inferior object , but what glory would at- tend the discovery if I could banish disease from the human frame and render man invulnerable to any but a violent death ! Nor were these my only visions . The raising of 33.
... . Wealth was an inferior object , but what glory would at- tend the discovery if I could banish disease from the human frame and render man invulnerable to any but a violent death ! Nor were these my only visions . The raising of 33.
Page 46
... object of pursuit and was solely wrapped up in this , improved so rapidly that at the end of two years I made some discoveries in the improvement of some chemical instru- ments , which procured me great esteem and admiration at the ...
... object of pursuit and was solely wrapped up in this , improved so rapidly that at the end of two years I made some discoveries in the improvement of some chemical instru- ments , which procured me great esteem and admiration at the ...
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... object the most insupportable to the delicacy of the human feelings . I saw how the fine form of man was de- graded and wasted ; I beheld the corruption of death succeed to the blooming cheek of life ; I saw how the worm inherited the ...
... object the most insupportable to the delicacy of the human feelings . I saw how the fine form of man was de- graded and wasted ; I beheld the corruption of death succeed to the blooming cheek of life ; I saw how the worm inherited the ...
Contents
CHAPTER 11 | 105 |
CHAPTER 12 | 114 |
CHAPTER 13 | 121 |
CHAPTER 14 | 128 |
CHAPTER 15 | 134 |
CHAPTER 16 | 144 |
CHAPTER 17 | 154 |
CHAPTER 18 | 160 |
CHAPTER 5 | 53 |
CHAPTER 6 | 61 |
CHAPTER 7 | 70 |
CHAPTER 8 | 81 |
CHAPTER 9 | 91 |
CHAPTER 10 | 98 |
CHAPTER 19 | 169 |
CHAPTER 20 | 177 |
CHAPTER 21 | 188 |
CHAPTER 22 | 200 |
CHAPTER 23 | 211 |
CHAPTER 24 | 219 |
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