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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... passed in this manner , during which I paid no visit to Geneva , but was engaged , heart and soul , in the pursuit of some discoveries which I hoped to make . None but those who have experienced them can conceive of the enticements of ...
... passed in this manner , during which I paid no visit to Geneva , but was engaged , heart and soul , in the pursuit of some discoveries which I hoped to make . None but those who have experienced them can conceive of the enticements of ...
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... passing trance , that only made me feel with renewed acuteness so soon as , the unnatural stimulus ceasing to operate ... passed while I was thus engaged , heart and soul , in one pursuit . It was a most beautiful season ; never did the ...
... passing trance , that only made me feel with renewed acuteness so soon as , the unnatural stimulus ceasing to operate ... passed while I was thus engaged , heart and soul , in one pursuit . It was a most beautiful season ; never did the ...
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... passed during my labors ; but I did not watch the blossom or the expanding leaves , sights which before always yielded me supreme delight , so deeply was I engrossed in my occupation . The leaves of that year had withered before my work ...
... passed during my labors ; but I did not watch the blossom or the expanding leaves , sights which before always yielded me supreme delight , so deeply was I engrossed in my occupation . The leaves of that year had withered before my work ...
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... passed the night wretchedly . Sometimes my pulse beat so quickly and hardly , that I felt the palpitation of every artery ; at others , I nearly sank to the ground through languor and extreme weakness . Mingled with this horror , I felt ...
... passed the night wretchedly . Sometimes my pulse beat so quickly and hardly , that I felt the palpitation of every artery ; at others , I nearly sank to the ground through languor and extreme weakness . Mingled with this horror , I felt ...
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