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 60
... turned loose into the world a depraved wretch , whose delight was in carnage and misery ; had he not murdered my brother ? No one can conceive the anguish I suffered during the remainder of the night , which I spent cold and wet in the ...
... turned loose into the world a depraved wretch , whose delight was in carnage and misery ; had he not murdered my brother ? No one can conceive the anguish I suffered during the remainder of the night , which I spent cold and wet in the ...
Page 67
... turned with re- newed violence , charging her with the blackest ingratitude . She herself wept as Elizabeth spoke , but she did not answer . My own agitation and anguish was extreme during the whole trial . I be- lieved in her innocence ...
... turned with re- newed violence , charging her with the blackest ingratitude . She herself wept as Elizabeth spoke , but she did not answer . My own agitation and anguish was extreme during the whole trial . I be- lieved in her innocence ...
Page 83
... turned on hearing a noise ; and , perceiving me , shrieked loudly , and , quitting the hut , ran across the fields with a speed of which his debilitated form hardly appeared capable . His appearance , different from any I had ever ...
... turned on hearing a noise ; and , perceiving me , shrieked loudly , and , quitting the hut , ran across the fields with a speed of which his debilitated form hardly appeared capable . His appearance , different from any I had ever ...
Page 103
... turned from me in disgust ? God in pity made man beautiful and alluring , after his own image ; but my form is a filthy type of yours , more horrid from its very resemblance . Satan had his companions , fellow- devils , to admire and ...
... turned from me in disgust ? God in pity made man beautiful and alluring , after his own image ; but my form is a filthy type of yours , more horrid from its very resemblance . Satan had his companions , fellow- devils , to admire and ...
Page 109
... turned my fury towards inanimate objects . As night advanced , I placed a variety of combustibles around the cottage ; and , after having destroyed every vestige of cultivation in the gar- den , I waited with forced impatience , until ...
... turned my fury towards inanimate objects . As night advanced , I placed a variety of combustibles around the cottage ; and , after having destroyed every vestige of cultivation in the gar- den , I waited with forced impatience , until ...
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