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. |
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Page 124
... earth . From this time Felix was more employed ; and the heart - moving indications of impending famine disap- peared . Their food , as I afterwards found , was coarse , but it was wholesome ; and they procured a sufficiency of it ...
... earth . From this time Felix was more employed ; and the heart - moving indications of impending famine disap- peared . Their food , as I afterwards found , was coarse , but it was wholesome ; and they procured a sufficiency of it ...
Page 126
... earth . Men , who before this change seemed to have been hid in caves , dispersed themselves , and were employed in various arts of cultiva- tion . The birds sang in more cheerful notes , and the leaves began to bud forth on the trees ...
... earth . Men , who before this change seemed to have been hid in caves , dispersed themselves , and were employed in various arts of cultiva- tion . The birds sang in more cheerful notes , and the leaves began to bud forth on the trees ...
Page 156
... earth was hard , and chill , and bare , and I found no shelter . Oh , earth ! how often did I imprecate curses on the cause of my being ! The mildness of my nature had fled , and all within me was turned to gall and bitterness . The ...
... earth was hard , and chill , and bare , and I found no shelter . Oh , earth ! how often did I imprecate curses on the cause of my being ! The mildness of my nature had fled , and all within me was turned to gall and bitterness . The ...
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