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 53
... kind of rough usage , ill befitting the wounds that my mind had sustained . Ever since the fatal night , the end of my labors and the beginning of my misfortunes , I had conceived a violent antipathy even to the name of natural ...
... kind of rough usage , ill befitting the wounds that my mind had sustained . Ever since the fatal night , the end of my labors and the beginning of my misfortunes , I had conceived a violent antipathy even to the name of natural ...
Page 63
... kind you are ! every one else believes in her guilt , and that made me wretched ; for I knew that it was impossible : and to see every one else prejudiced in so deadly a manner , rendered me hopeless and despairing . " She wept ...
... kind you are ! every one else believes in her guilt , and that made me wretched ; for I knew that it was impossible : and to see every one else prejudiced in so deadly a manner , rendered me hopeless and despairing . " She wept ...
Page 69
... kind to visit me ; you , I hope , do not believe that I am guilty . " I could not answer . " No , Justine , " said Elizabeth ; " he is more convinced of your innocence than I was ; for even when he heard that you had confessed , he did ...
... kind to visit me ; you , I hope , do not believe that I am guilty . " I could not answer . " No , Justine , " said Elizabeth ; " he is more convinced of your innocence than I was ; for even when he heard that you had confessed , he did ...
Page 81
... kind of wonder . It moved slowly , but it enlightened my path ; and I again went out in search of berries . I was still cold , when under one of the trees I found a huge cloak , with which I covered myself , and sat down upon the ground ...
... kind of wonder . It moved slowly , but it enlightened my path ; and I again went out in search of berries . I was still cold , when under one of the trees I found a huge cloak , with which I covered myself , and sat down upon the ground ...
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