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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I try in vain to be persuaded that the pole is the seat of frost and desolation; it ever
presents itself to my imagination as the region of beauty and delight. There,
Margaret, the sun is forever visible, its broad disk just skirting the horizon and ...
I try in vain to be persuaded that the pole is the seat of frost and desolation; it ever
presents itself to my imagination as the region of beauty and delight. There,
Margaret, the sun is forever visible, its broad disk just skirting the horizon and ...
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But supposing all these conjectures to be false, you cannot contest the
inestimable benefit which I shall confer on all mankind, to the last generation, by
discovering a passage near the pole to those countries, to reach which at present
so many ...
But supposing all these conjectures to be false, you cannot contest the
inestimable benefit which I shall confer on all mankind, to the last generation, by
discovering a passage near the pole to those countries, to reach which at present
so many ...
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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
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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
...
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Continue for the present to write to me by every opportunity: I may receive your
letters on some occasions when I need them most to support my spirits. I love you
very tenderly. Remember me with affection, should you never hear from me ...
Continue for the present to write to me by every opportunity: I may receive your
letters on some occasions when I need them most to support my spirits. I love you
very tenderly. Remember me with affection, should you never hear from me ...
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Such is my journal of what relates to this strange occurrence up to the present
day. The stranger has gradually improved in health but is very silent and appears
uneasy when anyone except myself enters his cabin. Yet his manners are so ...
Such is my journal of what relates to this strange occurrence up to the present
day. The stranger has gradually improved in health but is very silent and appears
uneasy when anyone except myself enters his cabin. Yet his manners are so ...
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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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