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
... Pursuing these reflections , I thought , that if I could bestow animation upon lifeless matter , I might in process ... pursued my undertaking with unremitting ardour . My cheek had grown pale with study , and my person had become ...
... Pursuing these reflections , I thought , that if I could bestow animation upon lifeless matter , I might in process ... pursued my undertaking with unremitting ardour . My cheek had grown pale with study , and my person had become ...
Page 79
... pursue him ? It is impossible ; one might as well try to overtake the winds , or confine a mountain - stream with a straw . I saw him too ; he was free last night ! 99 " I do not know what you mean , ” replied my brother , in accents of ...
... pursue him ? It is impossible ; one might as well try to overtake the winds , or confine a mountain - stream with a straw . I saw him too ; he was free last night ! 99 " I do not know what you mean , ” replied my brother , in accents of ...
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. my narrative , and do not intend to pursue my enemy with the punishment which is his ... pursued , you should make up your mind to disappointment . ' That cannot be ; but all that I can say will be of little ...
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. my narrative , and do not intend to pursue my enemy with the punishment which is his ... pursued , you should make up your mind to disappointment . ' That cannot be ; but all that I can say will be of little ...
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