Frankenstein, Or, The Modern PrometheusModern Library, 1993 - 303 pàgines Victor Frankenstein creates a man, but abdicates his responsibility to his creation and molds him into a monster. Shelley's classic work reveals much about death, ideas of atheism, and the corrupting influence of society on human nature. |
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Pàgina 105
... allowed to speak , that I may say what I know of her character . I am well acquainted with the accused . I have lived in the same house with her , at one time for five and at another for nearly two years . During all that period she ...
... allowed to speak , that I may say what I know of her character . I am well acquainted with the accused . I have lived in the same house with her , at one time for five and at another for nearly two years . During all that period she ...
Pàgina 172
... the trial which in a few months I resolved to undergo ; and sometimes I allowed my thoughts , unchecked by reason , to ramble in the fields of Paradise , and dared to fancy amiable and lovely creatures sym- pathising 172 Mary Shelley.
... the trial which in a few months I resolved to undergo ; and sometimes I allowed my thoughts , unchecked by reason , to ramble in the fields of Paradise , and dared to fancy amiable and lovely creatures sym- pathising 172 Mary Shelley.
Pàgina 185
... allowed me no respite : no incident occurred from which my rage and misery could not extract its food ; but a circumstance that happened when I arrived on the confines of Switzerland , when the sun had recovered its warmth , and the ...
... allowed me no respite : no incident occurred from which my rage and misery could not extract its food ; but a circumstance that happened when I arrived on the confines of Switzerland , when the sun had recovered its warmth , and the ...
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