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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Six years have passed since I resolved on my present undertaking. I can, even
now, remember the hour from which I dedicated myself to this great enterprise. I
commenced by inuring my body to hardship. I accompanied the whalefishers on
...
Six years have passed since I resolved on my present undertaking. I can, even
now, remember the hour from which I dedicated myself to this great enterprise. I
commenced by inuring my body to hardship. I accompanied the whalefishers on
...
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passed in ease and luxury, but I preferred glory to every enticement that wealth
placed in my path. Oh, that some encouraging voice would answer in the
affirmative! My courage and my resolution is firm; but my hopes fluctuate, and my
spirits ...
passed in ease and luxury, but I preferred glory to every enticement that wealth
placed in my path. Oh, that some encouraging voice would answer in the
affirmative! My courage and my resolution is firm; but my hopes fluctuate, and my
spirits ...
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... integrity and dauntless courage, made me very desirous to engage him. A
youth passed in solitude, my best years spent under your gentle and feminine
fosterage, has so refined the groundwork of my character that I cannot overcome.
... integrity and dauntless courage, made me very desirous to engage him. A
youth passed in solitude, my best years spent under your gentle and feminine
fosterage, has so refined the groundwork of my character that I cannot overcome.
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... never consent to the union. My generous friend reassured the suppliant, and
on being informed of the name of her lover, instantly abandoned his pursuit. He
had already bought a farm with his money, on which he had designed to pass the
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... never consent to the union. My generous friend reassured the suppliant, and
on being informed of the name of her lover, instantly abandoned his pursuit. He
had already bought a farm with his money, on which he had designed to pass the
...
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I am, however, in good spirits: my men are bold and apparently firm of purpose,
nor do the floating sheets of ice that continually pass us, indicating the dangers of
the region towards which we are advancing, appear to dismay them. We have ...
I am, however, in good spirits: my men are bold and apparently firm of purpose,
nor do the floating sheets of ice that continually pass us, indicating the dangers of
the region towards which we are advancing, appear to dismay them. We have ...
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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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