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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... monster and abandoned it in disgust, how it revenged itself by murdering all those he loved and how he finally turned and pursued it. In the very centre, the monster himself describes the development of his mind after the flight from ...
... monster and abandoned it in disgust, how it revenged itself by murdering all those he loved and how he finally turned and pursued it. In the very centre, the monster himself describes the development of his mind after the flight from ...
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... monster with a kind of crash-course in European civilization. These can be more easily forgiven if we take it that ... monster's beginnings is the story of a child, and at the same time he recapitulates the development of aboriginal man ...
... monster with a kind of crash-course in European civilization. These can be more easily forgiven if we take it that ... monster's beginnings is the story of a child, and at the same time he recapitulates the development of aboriginal man ...
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... monster across the snowbound landscape of Russia, in an atmosphere of dream and delirium, towards the Frozen Sea. It is, in fact, only at the very end of the book, when Walton encounters the monster grieving over Frankenstein's body ...
... monster across the snowbound landscape of Russia, in an atmosphere of dream and delirium, towards the Frozen Sea. It is, in fact, only at the very end of the book, when Walton encounters the monster grieving over Frankenstein's body ...
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... monster which had something of the pathos of the original. It seems to have earned for Frankenstein's monster a lasting place in folk memory as well as providing a proverbial image of scientific aims pursued in reckless disregard of ...
... monster which had something of the pathos of the original. It seems to have earned for Frankenstein's monster a lasting place in folk memory as well as providing a proverbial image of scientific aims pursued in reckless disregard of ...
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... Monster', in University of Kansas City Review, xxviii (summer, 1962), 253–8, and 'Shelley as Frankenstein', in Forum, iv (fall, 1963), 28–31; M. Millhauser, 'The Noble Savage in ... Frankenstein', in Notes and Queries (15 June 1946) ...
... Monster', in University of Kansas City Review, xxviii (summer, 1962), 253–8, and 'Shelley as Frankenstein', in Forum, iv (fall, 1963), 28–31; M. Millhauser, 'The Noble Savage in ... Frankenstein', in Notes and Queries (15 June 1946) ...
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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