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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... 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 moonlight struggling ...
... 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 moonlight struggling ...
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... mind as a steady purpose — a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye . This expedition has been the favorite dream of my early years . I have read with ardor the accounts of the various voyages which have been made in the ...
... mind as a steady purpose — a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye . This expedition has been the favorite dream of my early years . I have read with ardor the accounts of the various voyages which have been made in the ...
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... mind , whose tastes are like my own , to approve or amend my plans . How would such a friend repair the faults of your poor brother ! I am too ardent in execution , and too im- patient of difficulties . But it is a still greater evil to ...
... mind , whose tastes are like my own , to approve or amend my plans . How would such a friend repair the faults of your poor brother ! I am too ardent in execution , and too im- patient of difficulties . But it is a still greater evil to ...
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... mind began to grow watchful with anxious thoughts , when a strange sight suddenly attracted our attention , and diverted our solicitude from our own situation . We perceived a low carriage , fixed on a sledge and drawn by dogs , pass on ...
... mind began to grow watchful with anxious thoughts , when a strange sight suddenly attracted our attention , and diverted our solicitude from our own situation . We perceived a low carriage , fixed on a sledge and drawn by dogs , pass on ...
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... mind whose restoration evidently depended upon entire repose . Once , however , the lieutenant asked , Why he had come so far upon the ice in so strange a vehicle ? His countenance instantly assumed an aspect of the deepest gloom ; and ...
... mind whose restoration evidently depended upon entire repose . Once , however , the lieutenant asked , Why he had come so far upon the ice in so strange a vehicle ? His countenance instantly assumed an aspect of the deepest gloom ; and ...
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