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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... strange an accident has happened to us that I cannot for- bear recording it , although it is very probable that you will see me before these papers can come into your possession . Last Monday ( July 31st ) we were nearly surrounded by ...
... strange an accident has happened to us that I cannot for- bear recording it , although it is very probable that you will see me before these papers can come into your possession . Last Monday ( July 31st ) we were nearly surrounded by ...
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... and mind whose restoration evidently de- pended upon entire repose . Once , however , the lieutenant asked why he had come so far upon the ice in so strange a vehicle . His countenance instantly assumed an aspect of the deepest gloom 16.
... and mind whose restoration evidently de- pended upon entire repose . Once , however , the lieutenant asked why he had come so far upon the ice in so strange a vehicle . His countenance instantly assumed an aspect of the deepest gloom 16.
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... strange and perilous situ- ation ; you have benevolently restored me to life . ” Soon after this he inquired if I thought that the breaking up of the ice had destroyed the other sledge . I replied that I could not answer with any degree ...
... strange and perilous situ- ation ; you have benevolently restored me to life . ” Soon after this he inquired if I thought that the breaking up of the ice had destroyed the other sledge . I replied that I could not answer with any degree ...
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... of his face are irradiated by the soul within . Strange and harrowing must be his story , frightful the storm which em- braced the gallant vessel on its course and wrecked it — thus ! CHAPTER 1 I am by birth a Genevese , and 22.
... of his face are irradiated by the soul within . Strange and harrowing must be his story , frightful the storm which em- braced the gallant vessel on its course and wrecked it — thus ! CHAPTER 1 I am by birth a Genevese , and 22.
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... strange that such should arise in the eighteenth century ; but while I fol- lowed the routine of education in the schools of Geneva , I was , to a great degree , self - taught with regard to my favourite stud- ies . My father was not ...
... strange that such should arise in the eighteenth century ; but while I fol- lowed the routine of education in the schools of Geneva , I was , to a great degree , self - taught with regard to my favourite stud- ies . My father was not ...
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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