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 56
... fear ; and I hurried on with irregular steps , not daring to look about me : " Like one who , on a lonely road , Doth walk in fear and dread , And , having once turned round , walks on , And turns no more his head ; Because he knows a ...
... fear ; and I hurried on with irregular steps , not daring to look about me : " Like one who , on a lonely road , Doth walk in fear and dread , And , having once turned round , walks on , And turns no more his head ; Because he knows a ...
Page 75
... fear , my friend , that I shall render myself tedious by dwelling on these preliminary circumstances ; but they were days of comparative happiness , and I think of them with pleasure . My country , my beloved country ! who but a native ...
... fear , my friend , that I shall render myself tedious by dwelling on these preliminary circumstances ; but they were days of comparative happiness , and I think of them with pleasure . My country , my beloved country ! who but a native ...
Page 96
... fear , lest the monster whom I had created should perpetrate some new wickedness . I had an obscure feeling that all was not over , and that he would still commit some signal crime , which by its enor- mity should almost efface the ...
... fear , lest the monster whom I had created should perpetrate some new wickedness . I had an obscure feeling that all was not over , and that he would still commit some signal crime , which by its enor- mity should almost efface the ...
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