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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... natural philosophy . It was very different , when the masters of the science sought im- mortality and power ; such views , although futile , were grand ; but now the scene was changed . The ambition of the inquirer seemed to limit ...
... natural philosophy . It was very different , when the masters of the science sought im- mortality and power ; such views , although futile , were grand ; but now the scene was changed . The ambition of the inquirer seemed to limit ...
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... natural philosophy in which the greatest improvements have been made , and may be made ; it is on that account that I have made it my peculiar study ; but at the same time I have not neglected other branches of science . A man would ...
... natural philosophy in which the greatest improvements have been made , and may be made ; it is on that account that I have made it my peculiar study ; but at the same time I have not neglected other branches of science . A man would ...
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... natural philosophy , and particularly chemistry , in the most comprehensive sense of the term , became nearly my sole occupation . I read with ardor those works , so full of gen- ius and discrimination , which modern inquirers have ...
... natural philosophy , and particularly chemistry , in the most comprehensive sense of the term , became nearly my sole occupation . I read with ardor those works , so full of gen- ius and discrimination , which modern inquirers have ...
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... natural philosophy as depended on the lessons of any of the professors at Ingolstadt , my residence there being no longer conducive to my improvement , I thought of returning to my friends and my native town , when an incident hap ...
... natural philosophy as depended on the lessons of any of the professors at Ingolstadt , my residence there being no longer conducive to my improvement , I thought of returning to my friends and my native town , when an incident hap ...
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... natural philosophy . When I was otherwise quite restored to health , the sight of a chemical instru- ment would renew all the agony of my nervous symptoms . Henry saw this , and had removed all my apparatus from my view . He had also ...
... natural philosophy . When I was otherwise quite restored to health , the sight of a chemical instru- ment would renew all the agony of my nervous symptoms . Henry saw this , and had removed all my apparatus from my view . He had also ...
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Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,Mary Shelley Limited preview - 1993 |
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