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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... desire to ameliorate his fate , if it were in my power . I expressed these feelings in my answer . " I thank you , " he replied , " for your sympathy , but it is useless ; my fate is nearly fulfilled . I wait for but one event , and ...
... desire to ameliorate his fate , if it were in my power . I expressed these feelings in my answer . " I thank you , " he replied , " for your sympathy , but it is useless ; my fate is nearly fulfilled . I wait for but one event , and ...
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... desire of pleasing her aunt by the representation of some favor- ite scene done by her own hand . We learned Latin and English , that we might read the writings of those languages ; and so far from study being made odious to us by ...
... desire of pleasing her aunt by the representation of some favor- ite scene done by her own hand . We learned Latin and English , that we might read the writings of those languages ; and so far from study being made odious to us by ...
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... desire , therefore , in this narration , to state those facts which led to my predilection for that science . When I was thirteen years of age , we all went on a party of pleasure to the baths near Thonon : the inclemency of the weather ...
... desire , therefore , in this narration , to state those facts which led to my predilection for that science . When I was thirteen years of age , we all went on a party of pleasure to the baths near Thonon : the inclemency of the weather ...
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... ; but mutual affection engaged us all to comply . with and obey the slightest desire of each other . CHAPTER II . WHE HEN I had attained the age 3 THE MODERN PROMETHEUS . 33 electrical machine, and exhibited a few experiments; he ...
... ; but mutual affection engaged us all to comply . with and obey the slightest desire of each other . CHAPTER II . WHE HEN I had attained the age 3 THE MODERN PROMETHEUS . 33 electrical machine, and exhibited a few experiments; he ...
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