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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... scenes of nature I might fear to encounter your unbelief , perhaps your ridicule ; but many things will ap- pear possible in these wild and mysterious regions which would provoke the laughter of those unacquainted with the ever - varied ...
... scenes of nature I might fear to encounter your unbelief , perhaps your ridicule ; but many things will ap- pear possible in these wild and mysterious regions which would provoke the laughter of those unacquainted with the ever - varied ...
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... scene and interest attendant on a tour through that land of wonders , as a restorative for her weakened frame . From Italy they visited Germany and France . I , their eldest child , was born at Naples , and as an infant accompanied them ...
... scene and interest attendant on a tour through that land of wonders , as a restorative for her weakened frame . From Italy they visited Germany and France . I , their eldest child , was born at Naples , and as an infant accompanied them ...
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... scenes which surrounded our Swiss home the sublime shapes of the mountains , the changes of the seasons , tempest and calm , the silence of winter , and the life and turbulence of our Alpine summers - she found ample scope for ...
... scenes which surrounded our Swiss home the sublime shapes of the mountains , the changes of the seasons , tempest and calm , the silence of winter , and the life and turbulence of our Alpine summers - she found ample scope for ...
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... . It was very different when the mas- ters of the science sought immortality and power ; such views , although futile , were grand ; but now the scene was changed . The ambition of the inquirer seemed to limit itself to 40.
... . It was very different when the mas- ters of the science sought immortality and power ; such views , although futile , were grand ; but now the scene was changed . The ambition of the inquirer seemed to limit itself to 40.
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... scene , it all opened upon me at once : the information I had obtained was of a nature rather to direct my endeavours so soon as I should point them towards the object of my search than to exhibit that object already accomplished . I ...
... scene , it all opened upon me at once : the information I had obtained was of a nature rather to direct my endeavours so soon as I should point them towards the object of my search than to exhibit that object already accomplished . I ...
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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