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 49
... hope which the next day or the next hour might realise . One secret which I alone possessed was the hope to which I had dedicated myself ; and the moon gazed on my midnight labours , while , with unrelaxed and breathless eagerness , I ...
... hope which the next day or the next hour might realise . One secret which I alone possessed was the hope to which I had dedicated myself ; and the moon gazed on my midnight labours , while , with unrelaxed and breathless eagerness , I ...
Page 81
... hope , I sincerely hope , that she will be acquitted . " This speech calmed me . I was firmly convinced in my own mind that Justine , and indeed every human being , was guiltless of this murder . I had no fear , therefore , that any ...
... hope , I sincerely hope , that she will be acquitted . " This speech calmed me . I was firmly convinced in my own mind that Justine , and indeed every human being , was guiltless of this murder . I had no fear , therefore , that any ...
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... hope to see you in less than a fortnight . My poor cousin , how much you must have suffered ! I expect to see you looking even more ill than when you quitted Geneva . This winter has been passed most miserably , tortured as I have been ...
... hope to see you in less than a fortnight . My poor cousin , how much you must have suffered ! I expect to see you looking even more ill than when you quitted Geneva . This winter has been passed most miserably , tortured as I have been ...
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