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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... remained for several years their only child . Much as they were attached to each other , they seemed to draw inexhaustible stores of affection from a very mine of love to bestow them upon me . My mother's tender caresses and my father's ...
... remained for several years their only child . Much as they were attached to each other , they seemed to draw inexhaustible stores of affection from a very mine of love to bestow them upon me . My mother's tender caresses and my father's ...
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... remained , while the storm lasted , watching its progress with curiosity and delight . As I stood at the door , on a sudden I beheld a stream of fire issue from an old and beautiful oak which stood about twenty yards from our house ...
... remained , while the storm lasted , watching its progress with curiosity and delight . As I stood at the door , on a sudden I beheld a stream of fire issue from an old and beautiful oak which stood about twenty yards from our house ...
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... remained to me , and above all , I desired to see my sweet Elizabeth in some degree consoled . She indeed veiled her grief and strove to act the comforter to us all . She looked steadily on life and assumed its duties with courage and ...
... remained to me , and above all , I desired to see my sweet Elizabeth in some degree consoled . She indeed veiled her grief and strove to act the comforter to us all . She looked steadily on life and assumed its duties with courage and ...
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... remained a resolution to return to my ancient studies and to devote myself to a science for which I believed myself to possess a natural talent . On the same day I paid M. Waldman a visit . His manners in private were even more mild and ...
... remained a resolution to return to my ancient studies and to devote myself to a science for which I believed myself to possess a natural talent . On the same day I paid M. Waldman a visit . His manners in private were even more mild and ...
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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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