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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... idea so possessed my mind , that a thrill of fear ran through me and I wished to exchange the ghastly image of my fancy for the realities around . I see them still ; the very room , the dark parquet , the closed shutters , with the ...
... idea so possessed my mind , that a thrill of fear ran through me and I wished to exchange the ghastly image of my fancy for the realities around . I see them still ; the very room , the dark parquet , the closed shutters , with the ...
Page 19
... idea beyond the rope and the shroud . But do not suppose that , because I complain a little , or because I can conceive a consolation for my toils which I may never know , that I am wavering in my resolutions . Those are as fixed as ...
... idea beyond the rope and the shroud . But do not suppose that , because I complain a little , or because I can conceive a consolation for my toils which I may never know , that I am wavering in my resolutions . Those are as fixed as ...
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... ideas would never have received the fatal impulse that led to my ruin . But the cursory glance my father had taken of my volume by no means assured me that he was acquainted with its contents ; and I con- tinued to read with the ...
... ideas would never have received the fatal impulse that led to my ruin . But the cursory glance my father had taken of my volume by no means assured me that he was acquainted with its contents ; and I con- tinued to read with the ...
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... idea ; and I became dis- gusted with the science of natural philosophy , although I still read Pliny and Buffon with delight , authors , in my estimation , of nearly equal interest and utility . My occupations at this age were ...
... idea ; and I became dis- gusted with the science of natural philosophy , although I still read Pliny and Buffon with delight , authors , in my estimation , of nearly equal interest and utility . My occupations at this age were ...
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... idea of pedantry . It was , perhaps , the amiable character of this man that inclined me more to that branch of natural philosophy which he professed , than an intrinsic love for the science itself . But this state of mind had place ...
... idea of pedantry . It was , perhaps , the amiable character of this man that inclined me more to that branch of natural philosophy which he professed , than an intrinsic love for the science itself . But this state of mind had place ...
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