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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... thoughts were turned into the channel of their earlier bent . Six years have passed since I resolved on my present under- taking . I can , even now , remember the hour from which I ded- icated myself to this great enterprise . I ...
... thoughts were turned into the channel of their earlier bent . Six years have passed since I resolved on my present under- taking . I can , even now , remember the hour from which I ded- icated myself to this great enterprise . I ...
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... thoughts to paper , it is true ; but that is a poor medium for the communication of feeling . I desire the company of a man who could sympathise with me , whose eyes would reply to mine . You may deem me romantic , my dear sister , but ...
... thoughts to paper , it is true ; but that is a poor medium for the communication of feeling . I desire the company of a man who could sympathise with me , whose eyes would reply to mine . You may deem me romantic , my dear sister , but ...
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... thought more and that my daydreams are more extended and magnificent , but they want ( as the painters call it ) keeping ; and I greatly need a friend who would have sense enough not to despise me as ro- mantic , and affection enough ...
... thought more and that my daydreams are more extended and magnificent , but they want ( as the painters call it ) keeping ; and I greatly need a friend who would have sense enough not to despise me as ro- mantic , and affection enough ...
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... thoughts , when a strange sight suddenly attracted our attention and diverted our solicitude from our own situation . We per- ceived a low carriage , fixed on a sledge and drawn by dogs , pass on towards the north , at the distance of ...
... thoughts , when a strange sight suddenly attracted our attention and diverted our solicitude from our own situation . We per- ceived a low carriage , fixed on a sledge and drawn by dogs , pass on towards the north , at the distance of ...
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... thought that the breaking up of the ice had destroyed the other sledge . I replied that I could not answer with any degree of certainty , for the ice had not broken until near midnight , and the traveller might have ar- rived at a place ...
... thought that the breaking up of the ice had destroyed the other sledge . I replied that I could not answer with any degree of certainty , for the ice had not broken until near midnight , and the traveller might have ar- rived at a place ...
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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