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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... pursued travel in the same fashion ? " " Yes . " " Then I fancy we have seen him , for the day before we picked you up we saw some dogs drawing a sledge , with a man in it , across the ice . ” This aroused the stranger's attention , and ...
... pursued travel in the same fashion ? " " Yes . " " Then I fancy we have seen him , for the day before we picked you up we saw some dogs drawing a sledge , with a man in it , across the ice . ” This aroused the stranger's attention , and ...
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... pursuing the same course , exposing yourself to the same dangers which have rendered me what I am , I imagine that you may deduce an apt moral from my tale , one that may direct you if you succeed in your under- taking and console you ...
... pursuing the same course , exposing yourself to the same dangers which have rendered me what I am , I imagine that you may deduce an apt moral from my tale , one that may direct you if you succeed in your under- taking and console you ...
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... new and astonishing to me . All that he said threw greatly into the shade Cornelius Agrippa , Albertus Magnus , and Paracelsus , the lords of my imagination ; but by some fatal- ity the overthrow of these men disinclined me to pursue 34.
... new and astonishing to me . All that he said threw greatly into the shade Cornelius Agrippa , Albertus Magnus , and Paracelsus , the lords of my imagination ; but by some fatal- ity the overthrow of these men disinclined me to pursue 34.
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. ity the overthrow of these men disinclined me to pursue my ac- customed studies . It seemed to me as if nothing would or could ever be known . All that had so long engaged my attention sud- denly grew ...
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. ity the overthrow of these men disinclined me to pursue my ac- customed studies . It seemed to me as if nothing would or could ever be known . All that had so long engaged my attention sud- denly grew ...
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... Pursuing these reflections , I thought that if I could bestow animation upon lifeless matter , I might in process of ... pursued my 49.
... Pursuing these reflections , I thought that if I could bestow animation upon lifeless matter , I might in process of ... pursued my 49.
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 |
Common terms and phrases
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