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or The Modern Prometheus Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley M. K. Joseph. Mary Shelley Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus OXFORD WORLD'S CLASSICS OXFORD WORLD'S CLASSICS FRANKENSTEIN MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY was born in. Front Cover.
or The Modern Prometheus Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley M. K. Joseph. Mary Shelley Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus OXFORD WORLD'S CLASSICS OXFORD WORLD'S CLASSICS FRANKENSTEIN MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY was born in. Front Cover.
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... Shelley (who was already married) in the summer of 1814. They eloped to the Continent in July. In 1816 they spent the summer with Lord Byron near Geneva, during which time Frankenstein was begun. Shelley's wife committed suicide later ...
... Shelley (who was already married) in the summer of 1814. They eloped to the Continent in July. In 1816 they spent the summer with Lord Byron near Geneva, during which time Frankenstein was begun. Shelley's wife committed suicide later ...
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... religion, philosophy and politics. Each edition includes perceptive commentary and essential background information to meet the changing needs of readers. span world OXFORD WORLD'S CLASSICS MARY SHELLEY Frankenstein OR The Modern ...
... religion, philosophy and politics. Each edition includes perceptive commentary and essential background information to meet the changing needs of readers. span world OXFORD WORLD'S CLASSICS MARY SHELLEY Frankenstein OR The Modern ...
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or The Modern Prometheus Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley M. K. Joseph. OXFORD WORLD'S CLASSICS MARY SHELLEY Frankenstein OR The Modern Prometheus Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP Oxford University Press is. Edited with an Introduction and ...
or The Modern Prometheus Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley M. K. Joseph. OXFORD WORLD'S CLASSICS MARY SHELLEY Frankenstein OR The Modern Prometheus Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP Oxford University Press is. Edited with an Introduction and ...
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... Shelley. Now, in the summer of 1816, they had temporarily escaped from England and were settled in Geneva, among the splendours of lake and mountains, and in the stimulating company of Byron. The germ of Frankenstein is to be found ...
... Shelley. Now, in the summer of 1816, they had temporarily escaped from England and were settled in Geneva, among the splendours of lake and mountains, and in the stimulating company of Byron. The germ of Frankenstein is to be found ...
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affection appeared arrived beauty became become believe called cause child Clerval companion continued conversation cottage countenance creature dark dear death delight desire despair destroyed discovered dream earth Elizabeth endeavoured endured entered existence expressed eyes father fear feelings Felix felt fire followed Frankenstein Geneva gentle give hands happiness heard heart heavens hope horror human idea imagination Italy journey Justine kind lake leave letter light lived looked lost manner Mary means mind miserable monster months morning mountains murderer nature nearly never night opened passed peace perceived pleasure poor possessed present Prometheus promise pursue quitted reflect remained resolved rest scene seemed sensations Shelley sometimes soon soul sound spirit story strange suffered tale tears thing thought turned visited voice wind wish wonder wood wretched