Frankenstein, or, The Modern PrometheusSever, Francis, & Company, 1869 - 177 páginas Frankenstein 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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... delight . Do you under- stand this feeling ? This breeze , which has travelled from the re- gions towards which I am advancing , gives me a foretaste of those icy climes . Inspirited by this wind of promise , my day dreams become more ...
... delight . Do you under- stand this feeling ? This breeze , which has travelled from the re- gions towards which I am advancing , gives me a foretaste of those icy climes . Inspirited by this wind of promise , my day dreams become more ...
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... delighted in investigating facts relative to the actual world ; she busied herself in following the aerial creation of the poets . The world was to me a secret which I desired to discover ; to her it was a vacancy which she sought to ...
... delighted in investigating facts relative to the actual world ; she busied herself in following the aerial creation of the poets . The world was to me a secret which I desired to discover ; to her it was a vacancy which she sought to ...
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... delight and amazement of all his companions . His favorite study consisted in books of chivalry and romance ; and when very young , I can remember , that we used to act plays com- posed by him out of these favorite books , the principal ...
... delight and amazement of all his companions . His favorite study consisted in books of chivalry and romance ; and when very young , I can remember , that we used to act plays com- posed by him out of these favorite books , the principal ...
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... delight ; they appeared to me treasures known to few beside my- self ; and although I often wished to communicate these secret stores of knowledge to my father , yet his indefinite censure of my favorite Agrippa always withheld me . I ...
... delight ; they appeared to me treasures known to few beside my- self ; and although I often wished to communicate these secret stores of knowledge to my father , yet his indefinite censure of my favorite Agrippa always withheld me . I ...
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... delight . As I stood at the door , on a sudden I beheld a stream of fire issue from an old and beautiful oak , which stood about twenty yards from our house ; and so soon as the dazzling light vanished , the oak had disappeared , and ...
... delight . As I stood at the door , on a sudden I beheld a stream of fire issue from an old and beautiful oak , which stood about twenty yards from our house ; and so soon as the dazzling light vanished , the oak had disappeared , and ...
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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