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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... letters to his sister, describes his voyage towards the North Pole and his encounter with Victor Frankenstein. In the main, middle layer, Frankenstein tells Walton how he created the monster and abandoned it in disgust, how it revenged ...
... letters to his sister, describes his voyage towards the North Pole and his encounter with Victor Frankenstein. In the main, middle layer, Frankenstein tells Walton how he created the monster and abandoned it in disgust, how it revenged ...
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... Letters and Journals (1900), iv, 174.) 2 The 'powerful engine' might denote a powerful galvanic battery, as it did in an early conversation between Shelley and Hogg (R. Ingpen, Shelley in England (1917), p. 109). See Carl Grabo, A ...
... Letters and Journals (1900), iv, 174.) 2 The 'powerful engine' might denote a powerful galvanic battery, as it did in an early conversation between Shelley and Hogg (R. Ingpen, Shelley in England (1917), p. 109). See Carl Grabo, A ...
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... Letters and Journal, edited by Frederick L. Jones, and to the Clarendon Press for the use of a passage from Shelley's Letters, by the same editor; to the Interloan Librarian, University of Auckland and to the Alexander Turnbull Library ...
... Letters and Journal, edited by Frederick L. Jones, and to the Clarendon Press for the use of a passage from Shelley's Letters, by the same editor; to the Interloan Librarian, University of Auckland and to the Alexander Turnbull Library ...
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... letters; and a substantial portion of a fair copy, amounting to about the last one-sixth of the novel. Some misprints and irregularities have been corrected (where possible, by reference to the first edition of 1818); but otherwise ...
... letters; and a substantial portion of a fair copy, amounting to about the last one-sixth of the novel. Some misprints and irregularities have been corrected (where possible, by reference to the first edition of 1818); but otherwise ...
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... LETTERS AND JOURNALS: Frederick L. Jones (ed.), The Letters of Mary W. Shelley, 2 vols.; Mary Shelley's Journal (1944 and 1947); Muriel Spark and D. Stanford, My Best Mary (1953)—a selection. LIVES AND STUDIES: R. Glynn Grylls, Mary ...
... LETTERS AND JOURNALS: Frederick L. Jones (ed.), The Letters of Mary W. Shelley, 2 vols.; Mary Shelley's Journal (1944 and 1947); Muriel Spark and D. Stanford, My Best Mary (1953)—a selection. LIVES AND STUDIES: R. Glynn Grylls, Mary ...
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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