Frankenstein: Or the Modern PrometheusFrankenstein or The Modern Prometheus, was completed by Mary Shelley at the age of 19. She infused this original novel with Gothic and Romantic elements. Scientist Victor Frankenstein creates a large and powerful creature in the likeness of man, but is disgusted by his own creation and he abandons the being to fend for itself. Spawning generations of horror stories in the genre, Frankenstein is a gruesome warning against playing God and attempting the engineering of life. |
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... light? I may there discover the wondrous power which attracts the needle and may regulate a thousand celestial observations that require only this voyage to render their seeming eccentricities consistent forever. I shall satiate my ...
... light? I may there discover the wondrous power which attracts the needle and may regulate a thousand celestial observations that require only this voyage to render their seeming eccentricities consistent forever. I shall satiate my ...
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... light, I went upon deck and found all the sailors busy on one side of the vessel, apparently talking to someone in the sea. It was, in fact, a sledge, like that we had seen before, which had drifted towards us in the night on a large ...
... light, I went upon deck and found all the sailors busy on one side of the vessel, apparently talking to someone in the sea. It was, in fact, a sledge, like that we had seen before, which had drifted towards us in the night on a large ...
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... light seemed to dawn upon my mind, and bounding with joy, I communicated my discovery to my father. My father looked carelessly at the title page of my book and said, "Ah! Cornelius Agrippa! My dear Victor, do not waste your time upon ...
... light seemed to dawn upon my mind, and bounding with joy, I communicated my discovery to my father. My father looked carelessly at the title page of my book and said, "Ah! Cornelius Agrippa! My dear Victor, do not waste your time upon ...
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... light vanished, the oak had disappeared, and nothing remained but a blasted stump. When we visited it the next morning, we found the tree shattered in a singular manner. It was not splintered by the shock, but entirely reduced to thin ...
... light vanished, the oak had disappeared, and nothing remained but a blasted stump. When we visited it the next morning, we found the tree shattered in a singular manner. It was not splintered by the shock, but entirely reduced to thin ...
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... light. The labours of men of genius, however erroneously directed, scarcely ever fail in ultimately turning to the solid advantage of mankind." I listened to his statement, which was delivered without any presumption or affectation, and ...
... light. The labours of men of genius, however erroneously directed, scarcely ever fail in ultimately turning to the solid advantage of mankind." I listened to his statement, which was delivered without any presumption or affectation, and ...
Contents
Chapter 13 | 168 |
Chapter 14 | 178 |
Chapter 15 | 187 |
Chapter 16 | 201 |
Chapter 17 | 216 |
Chapter 18 | 225 |
Chapter 19 | 238 |
Chapter 20 | 250 |
Chapter 8 | 112 |
Chapter 9 | 126 |
Chapter 10 | 136 |
Chapter 11 | 146 |
Chapter 12 | 158 |
Chapter 21 | 265 |
Chapter 22 | 281 |
Chapter 23 | 297 |
Chapter 24 | 308 |
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affection Agatha agony Albertus Magnus anguish appeared arrived beautiful became beheld believe beloved bestow Clerval companion consolation Cornelius Agrippa cottage countenance cousin creature crime daemon dared dark dear death delight desire despair destroyed discovered dream earth Elizabeth endeavoured endured England entered expressed eyes father fear feelings Felix felt fled forever Frankenstein Geneva gentle glacier grief happiness heard heart heaven hope horror human imagination Ingolstadt inhabitants innocent journey Jura Justine kind Kirwin Krempe labours lake Leghorn letter live looked manner marriage Matlock mind miserable misfortunes monster Mont Blanc morning mountains murderer natural philosophy nature never night Paracelsus passed passion peace perceived Petersburgh pleasure poor possessed rage reflect remained resolved Rhine Safie scene sensations smiles sometimes soon sorrow soul spirit strange Strasbourg suffered Switzerland tale tears thought tranquillity trembled vengeance Victor voice wind wish wonder wood words wretch