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 69
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. and that consoles me , going as I am to suffer ignominy and death . " " Oh , Justine ! forgive me for having for one moment distrusted you . Why did you confess ? But do not mourn , my dear girl ; I ' will ...
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. and that consoles me , going as I am to suffer ignominy and death . " " Oh , Justine ! forgive me for having for one moment distrusted you . Why did you confess ? But do not mourn , my dear girl ; I ' will ...
Page 70
... suffer . Live , and be happy , and make others so . " As we returned , Elizabeth said , " You know not , my dear Victor , how much I am relieved , now that I trust in the innocence of this unfortunate girl . I never could again have ...
... suffer . Live , and be happy , and make others so . " As we returned , Elizabeth said , " You know not , my dear Victor , how much I am relieved , now that I trust in the innocence of this unfortunate girl . I never could again have ...
Page 71
... suffer also ? No one could love a child more than I loved your brother " ( tears came into his eyes as he spoke ) : " but is it not a duty to the survivors , that we should refrain from augmenting their unhappiness by an appearance of ...
... suffer also ? No one could love a child more than I loved your brother " ( tears came into his eyes as he spoke ) : " but is it not a duty to the survivors , that we should refrain from augmenting their unhappiness by an appearance of ...
Page 72
... suffering Elizabeth , whom I tenderly loved , and whose existence was bound up in mine . I thought also of my father , and surviving brother : should I by my base desertion leave them exposed and unprotected to the malice of the fiend ...
... suffering Elizabeth , whom I tenderly loved , and whose existence was bound up in mine . I thought also of my father , and surviving brother : should I by my base desertion leave them exposed and unprotected to the malice of the fiend ...
Page 73
... suffered , assuredly she would have been the most depraved of human creatures . For the sake of a few jewels to have ... suffer on the scaffold for the same crimes , I would not change places with such a wretch . " I listened to this ...
... suffered , assuredly she would have been the most depraved of human creatures . For the sake of a few jewels to have ... suffer on the scaffold for the same crimes , I would not change places with such a wretch . " I listened to this ...
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affection Agatha agony Albertus Magnus anguish appeared arrived beautiful became beheld beloved bestow calm Chamonix Clerval Cologny companion consolation Cornelius Agrippa cottage countenance cousin creature dared dark dear death delight desire despair destroyed discovered dreadful dream earth Elizabeth endeavored endured entered expressed eyes father fear feelings Felix felt Frankenstein Geneva gentle girl grief happy heard heart heavens hope horror human idea imagination Ingolstadt innocence journey Jura Justine kind Kirwin Krempe labors lake listened live looked Lord Byron Mark Lemon marriage mind miserable misfortunes MODERN PROMETHEUS monster Mont Blanc months morning mountains murder natural philosophy never night Paracelsus Paradise Lost passed peace perceived pleasure possessed promise reflected remained resolved revenge rienced Safie scene sensations smiles sometimes soon sorrow spirits strange suffered Switzerland tale tears thought tion torture tranquillity Victor voice wind wish wonder wood words wretch