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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... sensations on the near prospect of my undertaking . It is impossible to communicate to you a conception of the trembling sensation , half pleasurable and half fearful , with which I am preparing to depart . I am going to un- explored ...
... sensations on the near prospect of my undertaking . It is impossible to communicate to you a conception of the trembling sensation , half pleasurable and half fearful , with which I am preparing to depart . I am going to un- explored ...
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... sensations I can remember . On the birth of a second son , my junior by seven years , my parents gave up entirely their wandering life and fixed them- selves in their native country . We possessed a house in Geneva , and a campagne on ...
... sensations I can remember . On the birth of a second son , my junior by seven years , my parents gave up entirely their wandering life and fixed them- selves in their native country . We possessed a house in Geneva , and a campagne on ...
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... sensation but for this one pursuit . It was indeed but a passing trance , that only made me feel with renewed acuteness so soon as , the unnatural stimulus ceasing to operate , I had returned to my old habits . I collected bones from ...
... sensation but for this one pursuit . It was indeed but a passing trance , that only made me feel with renewed acuteness so soon as , the unnatural stimulus ceasing to operate , I had returned to my old habits . I collected bones from ...
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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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