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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... passionate enthusiasm for , the dangerous mysteries of ocean to that pro- duction of the most imaginative of modern poets . There is something at work in my soul which I do not understand . I am practically industrious painstaking , a ...
... passionate enthusiasm for , the dangerous mysteries of ocean to that pro- duction of the most imaginative of modern poets . There is something at work in my soul which I do not understand . I am practically industrious painstaking , a ...
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... passion ; and quelling the dark tyranny of despair , he led me again to converse con- cerning myself personally . He asked me the history of my earlier years . The tale was quickly told , but it awakened vari- ous trains of reflection ...
... passion ; and quelling the dark tyranny of despair , he led me again to converse con- cerning myself personally . He asked me the history of my earlier years . The tale was quickly told , but it awakened vari- ous trains of reflection ...
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... passion — remem- bering what she had suffered , and how she had been relieved– for her to act in her turn the guardian angel to the afflicted . During one of their walks a poor cot in the foldings of a vale attracted their notice as ...
... passion — remem- bering what she had suffered , and how she had been relieved– for her to act in her turn the guardian angel to the afflicted . During one of their walks a poor cot in the foldings of a vale attracted their notice as ...
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... passionate and almost rever- ential attachment with which all regarded her became , while I shared it , my pride and my delight . On the evening previous to her being brought to my home , my mother had said playfully , " I have a pretty ...
... passionate and almost rever- ential attachment with which all regarded her became , while I shared it , my pride and my delight . On the evening previous to her being brought to my home , my mother had said playfully , " I have a pretty ...
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... passions vehe- ment ; but by some law in my temperature they were turned not towards childish pursuits but to an eager desire to learn , and not to learn all things indiscriminately . I confess that neither the structure of languages ...
... passions vehe- ment ; but by some law in my temperature they were turned not towards childish pursuits but to an eager desire to learn , and not to learn all things indiscriminately . I confess that neither the structure of languages ...
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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