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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... fix its intellectual eye. This expedition has been the favourite dream of my early
years. I have read with ardour the accounts of the various voyages which have
been made in the prospect of arriving at the North Pacific Ocean through the seas
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... fix its intellectual eye. This expedition has been the favourite dream of my early
years. I have read with ardour the accounts of the various voyages which have
been made in the prospect of arriving at the North Pacific Ocean through the seas
...
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I desire the company of a man who could sympathize with me, whose eyes would
reply to mine. You may deem me romantic, my dear sister, but I bitterly feel the
want of a friend. I have no one near me, gentle yet courageous, possessed of a ...
I desire the company of a man who could sympathize with me, whose eyes would
reply to mine. You may deem me romantic, my dear sister, but I bitterly feel the
want of a friend. I have no one near me, gentle yet courageous, possessed of a ...
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... that his sufferings had deprived him of understanding. When he had in some
measure recovered, I removed him to my own cabin and attended on him as
much as my duty would permit. I never saw a more interesting creature: his eyes
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... that his sufferings had deprived him of understanding. When he had in some
measure recovered, I removed him to my own cabin and attended on him as
much as my duty would permit. I never saw a more interesting creature: his eyes
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At first I perceived that he tried to suppress his emotion; he placed his hands
before his eyes, and my voice quivered and failed me as I beheld tears trickle fast
from between his fingers; a groan burst from his heaving breast. I paused; at
length ...
At first I perceived that he tried to suppress his emotion; he placed his hands
before his eyes, and my voice quivered and failed me as I beheld tears trickle fast
from between his fingers; a groan burst from his heaving breast. I paused; at
length ...
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Even now, as I commence my task, his fulltoned voice swells in my ears; his
lustrous eyes dwell on me with all their melancholy sweetness; I see his thin
hand raised in animation, while the lineaments of his face are irradiated by the
soul within ...
Even now, as I commence my task, his fulltoned voice swells in my ears; his
lustrous eyes dwell on me with all their melancholy sweetness; I see his thin
hand raised in animation, while the lineaments of his face are irradiated by the
soul within ...
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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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