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 48
... cold shivering came over me . I threw the door forcibly open , as children are ac- customed to do when they expect a spectre to stand in waiting for them on the other side ; but nothing appeared . I stepped fearfully in the apartment ...
... cold shivering came over me . I threw the door forcibly open , as children are ac- customed to do when they expect a spectre to stand in waiting for them on the other side ; but nothing appeared . I stepped fearfully in the apartment ...
Page 52
... cold weather , at the beginning of this last winter . Justine has returned to us ; and I assure you I love her tenderly . She is very clever and gentle , and extremely pretty ; as I mentioned before , her mien and her expres- sions ...
... cold weather , at the beginning of this last winter . Justine has returned to us ; and I assure you I love her tenderly . She is very clever and gentle , and extremely pretty ; as I mentioned before , her mien and her expres- sions ...
Page 60
... cold and wet in the open air . But I did not feel the inconvenience of the weather ; my imagination was busy in scenes of evil and despair . I considered the being whom I had cast among mankind , and endowed with the will and power to ...
... cold and wet in the open air . But I did not feel the inconvenience of the weather ; my imagination was busy in scenes of evil and despair . I considered the being whom I had cast among mankind , and endowed with the will and power to ...
Page 76
... cold , I resolved to go alone to the summit of Montanvert . I remembered the effect that the view of the tremendous and ever - moving glacier had produced upon my mind when I first saw it . It had then filled me with a sublime ecstasy ...
... cold , I resolved to go alone to the summit of Montanvert . I remembered the effect that the view of the tremendous and ever - moving glacier had produced upon my mind when I first saw it . It had then filled me with a sublime ecstasy ...
Page 77
... cold gale of the moun- tains . I perceived , as the shape came nearer ( sight tremendous and abhorred ! ) , that it was the wretch whom I had created . I trembled with rage and horror , resolving to wait his approach , and then close ...
... cold gale of the moun- tains . I perceived , as the shape came nearer ( sight tremendous and abhorred ! ) , that it was the wretch whom I had created . I trembled with rage and horror , resolving to wait his approach , and then close ...
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