Frankenstein: Or the Modern Prometheus

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The Floating Press, Jan 1, 2009 - Fiction - 344 pages
Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus, was completed by Mary Shelley at the age of 19. She infused this original novel with Gothic and Romantic elements. Scientist Victor Frankenstein creates a large and powerful creature in the likeness of man, but is disgusted by his own creation and he abandons the being to fend for itself. Spawning generations of horror stories in the genre, Frankenstein is a gruesome warning against playing God and attempting the engineering of life.

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Contents

The Letters
5
Chapter 1
30
Chapter 2
38
Chapter 3
48
Chapter 4
60
Chapter 5
71
Chapter 6
82
Chapter 7
95
Chapter 13
168
Chapter 14
178
Chapter 15
187
Chapter 16
201
Chapter 17
216
Chapter 18
225
Chapter 19
238
Chapter 20
250

Chapter 8
112
Chapter 9
126
Chapter 10
136
Chapter 11
146
Chapter 12
158
Chapter 21
265
Chapter 22
281
Chapter 23
297
Chapter 24
308
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