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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... soul may 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 ...
... soul may 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 ...
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These visions faded when I perused, for the first time, those poets whose
effusions entranced my soul and lifted it to heaven. I also became a poet and for
one year lived in a paradise of my own creation; I imagined that I also might
obtain a ...
These visions faded when I perused, for the first time, those poets whose
effusions entranced my soul and lifted it to heaven. I also became a poet and for
one year lived in a paradise of my own creation; I imagined that I also might
obtain a ...
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There is something at work in my soul which I do not understand. I am practically
industrious—painstaking, a workman to execute with perseverance and labour—
but besides this there is a love for the marvellous, a belief in the marvellous, ...
There is something at work in my soul which I do not understand. I am practically
industrious—painstaking, a workman to execute with perseverance and labour—
but besides this there is a love for the marvellous, a belief in the marvellous, ...
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I was easily led by the sympathy which he evinced to use the language of my
heart, to give utterance to the burning ardour of my soul and to say, with all the
fervour that warmed me, how gladly I would sacrifice my fortune, my existence,
my ...
I was easily led by the sympathy which he evinced to use the language of my
heart, to give utterance to the burning ardour of my soul and to say, with all the
fervour that warmed me, how gladly I would sacrifice my fortune, my existence,
my ...
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... to his cabin. Even broken in spirit as he is, no one can feel more deeply than
he does the beauties of nature. The starry sky, the sea, and every sight afforded
by these wonderful regions seem still to have the power of elevating his soul from
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... to his cabin. Even broken in spirit as he is, no one can feel more deeply than
he does the beauties of nature. The starry sky, the sea, and every sight afforded
by these wonderful regions seem still to have the power of elevating his soul from
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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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