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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... most important benefits from such a conviction that I perceived the necessity of
becoming acquainted with more languages than that of my native country. Now I
am twenty-eight and am in reality more illiterate than many schoolboys of fifteen.
... most important benefits from such a conviction that I perceived the necessity of
becoming acquainted with more languages than that of my native country. Now I
am twenty-eight and am in reality more illiterate than many schoolboys of fifteen.
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... our solicitude from our own situation. We perceived a low carriage, fixed on a
sledge and drawn by dogs, pass on towards the north, at the distance of half a
mile; a being which had the shape of a man, but apparently of gigantic stature,
sat ...
... our solicitude from our own situation. We perceived a low carriage, fixed on a
sledge and drawn by dogs, pass on towards the north, at the distance of half a
mile; a being which had the shape of a man, but apparently of gigantic stature,
sat ...
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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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... a facility of expression and a voice whose varied intonations are soul-subduing
music. August 19, 17— Yesterday the stranger said to me, "You may easily
perceive, Captain Walton, that I have suffered great and unparalleled misfortunes
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... a facility of expression and a voice whose varied intonations are soul-subduing
music. August 19, 17— Yesterday the stranger said to me, "You may easily
perceive, Captain Walton, that I have suffered great and unparalleled misfortunes
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I understand your feeling," continued he, perceiving that I wished to interrupt him;
"but you are mistaken, my friend, if thus you will allow me to name you; nothing
can alter my destiny; listen to my history, and you will perceive how irrevocably it
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I understand your feeling," continued he, perceiving that I wished to interrupt him;
"but you are mistaken, my friend, if thus you will allow me to name you; nothing
can alter my destiny; listen to my history, and you will perceive how irrevocably it
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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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