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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... whole of our good Uncle Thomas ' library . My education was neglected , yet I was passionately fond of reading . These volumes were my study day and night , and my familiarity with them increased that regret which I had felt , as a ...
... whole of our good Uncle Thomas ' library . My education was neglected , yet I was passionately fond of reading . These volumes were my study day and night , and my familiarity with them increased that regret which I had felt , as a ...
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... whole on his rival , together with the remains of his prize- money to purchase stock , and then himself solicited the young woman's father to consent to her marriage with her lover . But the old man decidedly refused , thinking himself ...
... whole on his rival , together with the remains of his prize- money to purchase stock , and then himself solicited the young woman's father to consent to her marriage with her lover . But the old man decidedly refused , thinking himself ...
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... whole countenance is lighted up , as it were , with a beam of benevolence and sweetness that I never saw equalled . But he is generally melancholy and despairing , and sometimes he gnashes his teeth , as if impatient of the weight of ...
... whole countenance is lighted up , as it were , with a beam of benevolence and sweetness that I never saw equalled . But he is generally melancholy and despairing , and sometimes he gnashes his teeth , as if impatient of the weight of ...
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... whole works of this author , and afterwards of Paracelsus and Albertus Magnus . I read and studied the wild fancies of these writers with delight ; they appeared to me treasures known to few besides myself . I have described myself as ...
... whole works of this author , and afterwards of Paracelsus and Albertus Magnus . I read and studied the wild fancies of these writers with delight ; they appeared to me treasures known to few besides myself . I have described myself as ...
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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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