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 62
... lake . I fear that he will become an idler , unless we yield the point , and permit him to enter on the profession which he has selected . - - “ Little alteration , except the growth of our dear chil- dren , has taken place since you ...
... lake . I fear that he will become an idler , unless we yield the point , and permit him to enter on the profession which he has selected . - - “ Little alteration , except the growth of our dear chil- dren , has taken place since you ...
Page 75
... lake ! how do you welcome your wan- derer ? Your summits are clear ; the sky and lake are blue and placid . Is this to prognosticate peace , or to mock at my unhappiness ? " I fear , my friend , that I shall render myself tedious by ...
... lake ! how do you welcome your wan- derer ? Your summits are clear ; the sky and lake are blue and placid . Is this to prognosticate peace , or to mock at my unhappiness ? " I fear , my friend , that I shall render myself tedious by ...
Page 76
... lake which lies between the promontory of Belrive and the village of Copêt . Another storm enlightened Jura with faint flashes ; and another darkened and sometimes disclosed the Môle , a peaked mountain to the east of the lake . While I ...
... lake which lies between the promontory of Belrive and the village of Copêt . Another storm enlightened Jura with faint flashes ; and another darkened and sometimes disclosed the Môle , a peaked mountain to the east of the lake . While I ...
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