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 68
... murder . " Soon after we heard that the poor victim had expressed a wish to see my cousin . My father wished her not to go ; but said that he left it to her own judgment and feelings to decide . " Yes , " said Elizabeth , " I will go ...
... murder . " Soon after we heard that the poor victim had expressed a wish to see my cousin . My father wished her not to go ; but said that he left it to her own judgment and feelings to decide . " Yes , " said Elizabeth , " I will go ...
Page 69
... murdered , another is immediately deprived of life in a slow , torturing manner ; then the executioners , their hands yet reeking with the blood of innocence , believe that , they have done a great deed . They call this retribution ...
... murdered , another is immediately deprived of life in a slow , torturing manner ; then the executioners , their hands yet reeking with the blood of innocence , believe that , they have done a great deed . They call this retribution ...
Page 73
... murdered the son of her benefactor and friend , a child whom she had nursed from its birth , and appeared to love as if it had been her own ! I could not consent to the death of any human being ; but certainly I should have thought such ...
... murdered the son of her benefactor and friend , a child whom she had nursed from its birth , and appeared to love as if it had been her own ! I could not consent to the death of any human being ; but certainly I should have thought such ...
Page 78
... murdered ! " " I expected this reception , " said the demon . " All men hate the wretched ; how then must I be hated , who am miserable beyond all living things ! Yet you , my creator , detest and spurn me , thy creature , to whom thou ...
... murdered ! " " I expected this reception , " said the demon . " All men hate the wretched ; how then must I be hated , who am miserable beyond all living things ! Yet you , my creator , detest and spurn me , thy creature , to whom thou ...
Page 79
... murder ; and yet you would , with a satis- fied conscience , destroy your own creature . Oh , praise the eternal justice of man ! Yet I ask you not to spare me : listen to me ; and then , if you can , and if you will , destroy the work ...
... murder ; and yet you would , with a satis- fied conscience , destroy your own creature . Oh , praise the eternal justice of man ! Yet I ask you not to spare me : listen to me ; and then , if you can , and if you will , destroy the work ...
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Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,Mary Shelley Limited preview - 1993 |
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