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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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. sation took a more general turn . I thanked my friend from my heart , but I did not speak . I saw plainly that he was sur- prised , but he never attempted to draw my secret from me ; and although I loved him ...
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. sation took a more general turn . I thanked my friend from my heart , but I did not speak . I saw plainly that he was sur- prised , but he never attempted to draw my secret from me ; and although I loved him ...
Page 117
... took something out of a drawer , which employed her hands , and she sat down beside the old man , who , taking up an instrument , began to play , and to produce sounds sweeter than the voice of the thrush or the nightingale . It was a ...
... took something out of a drawer , which employed her hands , and she sat down beside the old man , who , taking up an instrument , began to play , and to produce sounds sweeter than the voice of the thrush or the nightingale . It was a ...
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... took our passage on board a vessel bound for Havre - de - Grace , and sailed with a fair wind from the Irish shores . It was midnight . I lay on the deck looking at the stars and listen- ing to the dashing of the waves . I hailed the ...
... took our passage on board a vessel bound for Havre - de - Grace , and sailed with a fair wind from the Irish shores . It was midnight . I lay on the deck looking at the stars and listen- ing to the dashing of the waves . I hailed the ...
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