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 120
... dared not break ; or , if I did , what manifold miseries might not impend over me and my devoted family ! Could I enter into a festival with this deadly weight yet hanging round my neck , and bowing me to the ground ? I must perform my ...
... dared not break ; or , if I did , what manifold miseries might not impend over me and my devoted family ! Could I enter into a festival with this deadly weight yet hanging round my neck , and bowing me to the ground ? I must perform my ...
Page 127
... dared to shake off my chains , and look around me with a free and lofty spirit ; but the iron had eaten into my flesh , and I sank again , trembling and hopeless , into my miserable self . We left Oxford with regret , and proceeded to ...
... dared to shake off my chains , and look around me with a free and lofty spirit ; but the iron had eaten into my flesh , and I sank again , trembling and hopeless , into my miserable self . We left Oxford with regret , and proceeded to ...
Page 128
... dared to read and ascertain my fate . Sometimes I thought that the fiend followed me , and might expedite my remiss- ness by murdering my companion . When these thoughts pos- sessed me , I would not quit Henry for a moment , but ...
... dared to read and ascertain my fate . Sometimes I thought that the fiend followed me , and might expedite my remiss- ness by murdering my companion . When these thoughts pos- sessed me , I would not quit Henry for a moment , but ...
Page 130
... dared not trust myself to question , but which was intermixed with obscure forebodings of evil , that made my heart sicken in my bosom . I CHAPTER XIX . SAT one evening in my laboratory ; the sun had set , and the moon was just rising ...
... dared not trust myself to question , but which was intermixed with obscure forebodings of evil , that made my heart sicken in my bosom . I CHAPTER XIX . SAT one evening in my laboratory ; the sun had set , and the moon was just rising ...
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