Frankenstein Or: The Modern PrometheusI am by birth a Genevese, and my family is one of the most distinguished of that republic. My ancestors had been for many years counsellors and syndics, and my father had filled several public situations with honour and reputation. He was respected by all who knew him for his integrity and indefatigable attention to public business. He passed his younger days perpetually occupied by the affairs of his country; a variety of circumstances had prevented his marrying early, nor was it until the decline of life that he became a husband and the father of a family. |
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Its productions and features may be without example, as the phenomena of the
heavenly bodies undoubtedly are in those undiscovered solitudes. What may not
be expected in a country of eternal light? I may there discover the wondrous ...
Its productions and features may be without example, as the phenomena of the
heavenly bodies undoubtedly are in those undiscovered solitudes. What may not
be expected in a country of eternal light? I may there discover the wondrous ...
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... they are sufficient to conquer all fear of danger or death and to induce me to
commence this laborious voyage with the joy a child feels when he embarks in a
little boat, with his holiday mates, on an expedition of discovery up his native river
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... they are sufficient to conquer all fear of danger or death and to induce me to
commence this laborious voyage with the joy a child feels when he embarks in a
little boat, with his holiday mates, on an expedition of discovery up his native river
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I replied, however, that we were on a voyage of discovery towards the northern
pole. Upon hearing this he appeared satisfied and consented to come on board.
Good God! Margaret, if you had seen the man who thus capitulated for his safety,
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I replied, however, that we were on a voyage of discovery towards the northern
pole. Upon hearing this he appeared satisfied and consented to come on board.
Good God! Margaret, if you had seen the man who thus capitulated for his safety,
...
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Sometimes I have endeavoured to discover what quality it is which he possesses
that elevates him so immeasurably above any other person I ever knew. I believe
it to be an intuitive discernment, a quick but neverfailing power of judgment, ...
Sometimes I have endeavoured to discover what quality it is which he possesses
that elevates him so immeasurably above any other person I ever knew. I believe
it to be an intuitive discernment, a quick but neverfailing power of judgment, ...
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Beaufort had taken effectual measures to conceal himself, and it was ten months
before my father discovered his abode. Overjoyed at this discovery, he hastened
to the house, which was situated in a mean street near the Reuss. But when he ...
Beaufort had taken effectual measures to conceal himself, and it was ten months
before my father discovered his abode. Overjoyed at this discovery, he hastened
to the house, which was situated in a mean street near the Reuss. But when he ...
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Contents
Chapter 2 | |
Chapter 3 | |
Chapter 4 | |
Chapter 11 | |
Chapter 12 | |
Chapter 13 | |
Chapter 14 | |
Chapter 15 | |
Chapter 16 | |
Chapter 17 | |
Chapter 18 | |
Chapter 5 | |
Chapter 6 | |
Chapter 7 | |
Chapter 8 | |
Chapter 9 | |
Chapter 10 | |
Chapter 19 | |
Chapter 20 | |
Chapter 21 | |
Chapter 22 | |
Chapter 23 | |
Chapter 24 | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Frankenstein Or: The Modern Prometheus |
| Author | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley |
| Publisher | Soto-verlag, 2017 |
| ISBN | 3961899223, 9783961899227 |
| Length | 170 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / Horror |
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