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 62
... pursue him ? It is impossible : one might as well attempt to overtake the winds , or confine a mountain stream with a straw . " " I do not know what you mean ; but we were all very unhappy when she was discovered . No one would believe ...
... pursue him ? It is impossible : one might as well attempt to overtake the winds , or confine a mountain stream with a straw . " " I do not know what you mean ; but we were all very unhappy when she was discovered . No one would believe ...
Page 72
... pursue its own course , and gave way to my own miserable reflections . I was often tempted , when all was at peace around me , and I the only unquiet thing that wan- dered restless in a scene so beautiful and heavenly , if I except some ...
... pursue its own course , and gave way to my own miserable reflections . I was often tempted , when all was at peace around me , and I the only unquiet thing that wan- dered restless in a scene so beautiful and heavenly , if I except some ...
Page 74
... pursued our journey upon mules ; and as we ascended still higher , the valley assumed a more magnificent and astonishing character . Ruined castles hanging on the precipices of piny mountains ; the impetuous Arve , and cottages every ...
... pursued our journey upon mules ; and as we ascended still higher , the valley assumed a more magnificent and astonishing character . Ruined castles hanging on the precipices of piny mountains ; the impetuous Arve , and cottages every ...
Page 86
... them , but dared not . I remembered too well the treatment I had suffered the night before from the barbarous villagers , and resolved , whatever course of con- duct I might hereafter think it right to pursue , 86 FRANKENSTEIN ; OR ,
... them , but dared not . I remembered too well the treatment I had suffered the night before from the barbarous villagers , and resolved , whatever course of con- duct I might hereafter think it right to pursue , 86 FRANKENSTEIN ; OR ,
Page 87
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. duct I might hereafter think it right to pursue , that for the present I would remain quietly in my hovel , watching , and endeavoring to discover the motives which influenced their actions . " The cottagers ...
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. duct I might hereafter think it right to pursue , that for the present I would remain quietly in my hovel , watching , and endeavoring to discover the motives which influenced their actions . " The cottagers ...
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