Frankenstein: or The Modern PrometheusShelley's suspenseful and intellectually rich gothic tale confronts some of the most important and enduring themes in all of literture—the power of human imagination, the potential hubris of science, the gulf between appearance and essence, the effects of human cruelty, the desire for revenge and the need for forgiveness, and much more. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. |
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... idea is carried through with considerable skill and force. The unexpected and bizarre success of the novel was due to one of those lucky accidents which, in most writers' lives, happen only once. For two troubled and uncertain years ...
... idea is carried through with considerable skill and force. The unexpected and bizarre success of the novel was due to one of those lucky accidents which, in most writers' lives, happen only once. For two troubled and uncertain years ...
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... ideas and situations in Frankenstein, whether or not Mary had first-hand knowledge of the Characteristicks at the time she ... idea of Shelley's which was to emerge, a little later, in the last act of Prometheus Unbound. In his eclectic ...
... ideas and situations in Frankenstein, whether or not Mary had first-hand knowledge of the Characteristicks at the time she ... idea of Shelley's which was to emerge, a little later, in the last act of Prometheus Unbound. In his eclectic ...
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... idea of making electricity the animating force, the scientific equivalent of that divine spark which, in the myth, Prometheus had stolen from the sun. 1 Frankenstein is constructed of three concentric layers, one within the other. In ...
... idea of making electricity the animating force, the scientific equivalent of that divine spark which, in the myth, Prometheus had stolen from the sun. 1 Frankenstein is constructed of three concentric layers, one within the other. In ...
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... idea?' it is true that I am very averse to bringing myself forward in print; but as my account will only appear as an appendage to a former production, and as it will be confined to such topics as have connection with my authorship ...
... idea?' it is true that I am very averse to bringing myself forward in print; but as my account will only appear as an appendage to a former production, and as it will be confined to such topics as have connection with my authorship ...
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... idea that I could produce any thing worthy of notice, but that he might himself judge how far I possessed the promise of better things hereafter. Still I did nothing. Travelling, and the cares of a family, occupied my time; and study ...
... idea that I could produce any thing worthy of notice, but that he might himself judge how far I possessed the promise of better things hereafter. Still I did nothing. Travelling, and the cares of a family, occupied my time; and study ...
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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