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 25
But I — I have lost every thing , and cannot begin life anew . " As he said this , his
countenance became expressive of a calm settled grief , which touched me to the
heart . But he was silent , and presently retired to his cabin . Even broken in ...
But I — I have lost every thing , and cannot begin life anew . " As he said this , his
countenance became expressive of a calm settled grief , which touched me to the
heart . But he was silent , and presently retired to his cabin . Even broken in ...
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Every minute , " continued M . Krempe with warmth , " every instant that you have
wasted on those books is utterly and entirely lost . You have burdened your
memory with exploded systems , and useless names . Good God ! in what desert
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Every minute , " continued M . Krempe with warmth , " every instant that you have
wasted on those books is utterly and entirely lost . You have burdened your
memory with exploded systems , and useless names . Good God ! in what desert
...
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My limbs now tremble and my eyes swim with the remembrance ; but then a
resistless and almost frantic impulse urged me forward ; I seemed to have lost all
soul or sensation but for this one pursuit . It was indeed but a passing trance , that
...
My limbs now tremble and my eyes swim with the remembrance ; but then a
resistless and almost frantic impulse urged me forward ; I seemed to have lost all
soul or sensation but for this one pursuit . It was indeed but a passing trance , that
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| Title | Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus |
| Author | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley |
| Publisher | Sever, Francis, & Company, 1869 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 25 Nov 2008 |
| Length | 177 pages |
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