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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... beautiful . Beautiful ! Great God ! His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries be- neath ; his hair was of a lustrous black , and flowing ; his teeth of a pearly whiteness ; but these luxuriances only formed a ...
... beautiful . Beautiful ! Great God ! His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries be- neath ; his hair was of a lustrous black , and flowing ; his teeth of a pearly whiteness ; but these luxuriances only formed a ...
Page 59
... beautiful lake ! how do you welcome your wanderer ? Your summits are clear ; the sky and lake are blue and placid . Is this to prognosticate peace , or to mock at my unhappiness ? " I fear , my friend , that I shall render myself ...
... beautiful lake ! how do you welcome your wanderer ? Your summits are clear ; the sky and lake are blue and placid . Is this to prognosticate peace , or to mock at my unhappiness ? " I fear , my friend , that I shall render myself ...
Page 60
... beautiful yet terrific , I wandered on with a hasty step . This noble war in the sky elevated my spirits ; I clasped my hands and exclaimed aloud , " William , dear angel ! this is thy funeral , this thy dirge ! " As I said these words ...
... beautiful yet terrific , I wandered on with a hasty step . This noble war in the sky elevated my spirits ; I clasped my hands and exclaimed aloud , " William , dear angel ! this is thy funeral , this thy dirge ! " As I said these words ...
Page 64
... beautiful . Yet she appeared confident in innocence , and did not tremble , although gazed on and execrated by thousands ; for all the kindness which her beauty might otherwise have excited , was obliterated in the minds of the ...
... beautiful . Yet she appeared confident in innocence , and did not tremble , although gazed on and execrated by thousands ; for all the kindness which her beauty might otherwise have excited , was obliterated in the minds of the ...
Page 72
... beautiful and heavenly , if I except some bat , or the frogs , whose harsh and interrupted croaking was heard only when I approached the shore , — often , I say , I was tempted to plunge into the silent lake , that the waters might ...
... beautiful and heavenly , if I except some bat , or the frogs , whose harsh and interrupted croaking was heard only when I approached the shore , — often , I say , I was tempted to plunge into the silent lake , that the waters might ...
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