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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... suffering . I never saw a man in so wretched a condition . We attempted to carry him into the cabin , but as soon as he had quitted the fresh air he fainted . We accordingly brought him back to the deck and restored him to animation by ...
... suffering . I never saw a man in so wretched a condition . We attempted to carry him into the cabin , but as soon as he had quitted the fresh air he fainted . We accordingly brought him back to the deck and restored him to animation by ...
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... suffered great and unparalleled misfortunes . I had determined at one time that the memory of these evils should die with me , but you have won me to alter my determination . You seek for knowledge and wisdom , as I once did ; and I ...
... suffered great and unparalleled misfortunes . I had determined at one time that the memory of these evils should die with me , but you have won me to alter my determination . You seek for knowledge and wisdom , as I once did ; and I ...
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... suffered from the late - discovered unworthiness of one beloved and so was disposed to set a greater value on tried worth . There was a show of gratitude and worship in his at- tachment to my mother , differing wholly from the doting ...
... suffered from the late - discovered unworthiness of one beloved and so was disposed to set a greater value on tried worth . There was a show of gratitude and worship in his at- tachment to my mother , differing wholly from the doting ...
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... suffered , and how she had been relieved– for her to act in her turn the guardian angel to the afflicted . During one of their walks a poor cot in the foldings of a vale attracted their notice as being singularly disconsolate , while ...
... suffered , and how she had been relieved– for her to act in her turn the guardian angel to the afflicted . During one of their walks a poor cot in the foldings of a vale attracted their notice as being singularly disconsolate , while ...
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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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