Frankenstein, Or, The Modern PrometheusFrankenstein or The Modern Prometheus, was completed by Mary Shelley at the age of 19. She infused this original novel with Gothic and Romantic elements. Scientist Victor Frankenstein creates a large and powerful creature in the likeness of man, but is disgusted by his own creation and he abandons the being to fend for itself. Spawning generations of horror stories in the genre, Frankenstein is a gruesome warning against playing God and attempting the engineering of life. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 42
Page 36
... death - bed the forti- tude and benignity of this best of women did not desert her . She joined the hands of ... death , and will indulge a hope of meeting you in another world . " - She died calmly ; and her countenance expressed ...
... death - bed the forti- tude and benignity of this best of women did not desert her . She joined the hands of ... death , and will indulge a hope of meeting you in another world . " - She died calmly ; and her countenance expressed ...
Page 205
... death . I was overcome by gloom and misery , and often reflected I had better seek death than desire to re- main in a world which to me was replete with wretched- ness . At one time I considered whether I should not de- clare myself ...
... death . I was overcome by gloom and misery , and often reflected I had better seek death than desire to re- main in a world which to me was replete with wretched- ness . At one time I considered whether I should not de- clare myself ...
Page 257
... death his throat who never in- jured me or any other living thing . I have devoted my creator , the select specimen of all that is worthy of love and admiration among men , to misery ; I have pursued him even to that irremediable ruin ...
... death his throat who never in- jured me or any other living thing . I have devoted my creator , the select specimen of all that is worthy of love and admiration among men , to misery ; I have pursued him even to that irremediable ruin ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
affection Agatha agony Albertus Magnus anguish appeared arrived beauty became beheld beloved bestow Clerval companion consolation Cornelius Agrippa cottage countenance cousin creature crime dæmon dared dark death delight desire despair destroyed discovered dream earth Elizabeth endeavoured endured enemy England entered expressed eyes father fear feelings Felix felt Frankenstein Geneva gentle glacier grief hands happy heard heart heavens hope horror human Ingolstadt innocence journey Jura Justine kind Kirwin Krempe labours lake Leghorn live looked Lynd Ward marriage Matlock mind miserable misfortunes Modern Prometheus monster Mont Blanc months morning mountains murderer natural philosophy nature never night Paracelsus passed passion peace perceived Petersburgh pleasure poor possessed rage reflect remained resolved revenge Rhine Safie scene sensations smiles sometimes soon sorrow soul spirit strange suffered Switzerland tale tears thought tion trembled vengeance voice wind wish wonder wood words wretch