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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... passed since I resolved on my present under- taking . I can , even now , remember the hour from which I ded- icated myself to this great enterprise . I commenced by inuring my body to hardship . I accompanied the whale - fishers on sev ...
... passed since I resolved on my present under- taking . I can , even now , remember the hour from which I ded- icated myself to this great enterprise . I commenced by inuring my body to hardship . I accompanied the whale - fishers on sev ...
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... courage , made me very desirous to engage him . A youth passed in solitude , my best years spent under your gentle and feminine fosterage , has so refined the ground- work of my character that I cannot overcome an intense 8.
... courage , made me very desirous to engage him . A youth passed in solitude , my best years spent under your gentle and feminine fosterage , has so refined the ground- work of my character that I cannot overcome an intense 8.
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... passed in this manner before he was able to speak , and I often feared that his sufferings had deprived him of un- derstanding . When he had in some measure recovered , I re- moved him to my own cabin and attended on him as much as my ...
... passed in this manner before he was able to speak , and I often feared that his sufferings had deprived him of un- derstanding . When he had in some measure recovered , I re- moved him to my own cabin and attended on him as much as my ...
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... passed his younger days perpetually occupied by the affairs of his country ; a variety of circum- stances had prevented his marrying early , nor was it until the decline of life that he became a husband and the father of a family . As ...
... passed his younger days perpetually occupied by the affairs of his country ; a variety of circum- stances had prevented his marrying early , nor was it until the decline of life that he became a husband and the father of a family . As ...
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... passed in this manner . Her father grew worse ; her time was more entirely occupied in attending him ; her means of subsistence decreased ; and in the tenth month her father died in her arms , leaving her an orphan and a beggar . This ...
... passed in this manner . Her father grew worse ; her time was more entirely occupied in attending him ; her means of subsistence decreased ; and in the tenth month her father died in her arms , leaving her an orphan and a beggar . This ...
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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