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 78
... existence , restore those victims whom you have so diabolically murdered ! " " I expected this reception , " said the demon . " All men hate the wretched ; how then must I be hated , who am miserable beyond all living things ! Yet you ...
... existence , restore those victims whom you have so diabolically murdered ! " " I expected this reception , " said the demon . " All men hate the wretched ; how then must I be hated , who am miserable beyond all living things ! Yet you ...
Page 79
... existence , they would do as you do , and arm themselves for my destruction . Shall I not then hate them who abhor me ? I will keep no terms with my enemies . I am miserable , and they shall share my wretchedness . Yet it is in your ...
... existence , they would do as you do , and arm themselves for my destruction . Shall I not then hate them who abhor me ? I will keep no terms with my enemies . I am miserable , and they shall share my wretchedness . Yet it is in your ...
Page 107
... existence which you had so wantonly bestowed ? I know not ; despair had not yet taken possession of me ; my feelings were those of rage and revenge . I could with pleasure have destroyed the cottage and its inhabitants , and have ...
... existence which you had so wantonly bestowed ? I know not ; despair had not yet taken possession of me ; my feelings were those of rage and revenge . I could with pleasure have destroyed the cottage and its inhabitants , and have ...
Page 122
... existence ! But you , my dear Frankenstein , wherefore are you desponding and sorrow- ful ? " In truth , I was occupied by gloomy thoughts , and neither saw the descent of the evening star , nor the golden sunrise reflected in the Rhine ...
... existence ! But you , my dear Frankenstein , wherefore are you desponding and sorrow- ful ? " In truth , I was occupied by gloomy thoughts , and neither saw the descent of the evening star , nor the golden sunrise reflected in the Rhine ...
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