Frankenstein, or, The Modern PrometheusFrankenstein was published in 1818, the work of a 21-year-old genius named Mary Shelley. Hundreds of movies, adaptations, and monster masks later, its reputation remains so lively that the title has become its own word in the English language. Victor Frankenstein, a scientist, discovers the secret of reanimating the dead. After he rejects his hideous creation, not even the farthest poles of the earth will keep his bitter monster from seeking an inhuman revenge. Inspired by a uniquely Romantic view of science’s possibilities, Shelley’s masterpiece ultimately wrestles with the hidden shadows of the human mind. |
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Page 63
... figure slight and graceful . She welcomed me with the greatest affection . " Your arrival , my dear cousin , " said she , " fills me with hope . You perhaps will find some means to justify my poor guiltless Justine . Alas ! who is safe ...
... figure slight and graceful . She welcomed me with the greatest affection . " Your arrival , my dear cousin , " said she , " fills me with hope . You perhaps will find some means to justify my poor guiltless Justine . Alas ! who is safe ...
Page 77
... figure of a man , at some distance , advancing towards me with superhuman speed . He bounded over the crevices of the ice , among which I had walked with caution ; his stature also , as he approached , seemed to exceed that of man . I ...
... figure of a man , at some distance , advancing towards me with superhuman speed . He bounded over the crevices of the ice , among which I had walked with caution ; his stature also , as he approached , seemed to exceed that of man . I ...
Page 84
... figure of a man at a distance , and I remembered too well my treatment the night before , to trust myself in his power . I had first , however , provided for my sustenance for that day , by a loaf of coarse bread , which I purloined ...
... figure of a man at a distance , and I remembered too well my treatment the night before , to trust myself in his power . I had first , however , provided for my sustenance for that day , by a loaf of coarse bread , which I purloined ...
Page 86
... figure , and his fea- tures were moulded with the finest symmetry ; yet his eyes and atti- tude expressed the utmost sadness and despondency . The old man returned to the cottage ; and the youth , with tools different from those he had ...
... figure , and his fea- tures were moulded with the finest symmetry ; yet his eyes and atti- tude expressed the utmost sadness and despondency . The old man returned to the cottage ; and the youth , with tools different from those he had ...
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