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Frankenstein

by Mary Shelley1818

Gothic horror with a thinking monster. Storm-lit, atmospheric, deeply rendered.

Portrait of Victor FrankensteinVictor
Portrait of The CreatureThe
Portrait of Robert WaltonRobert
Portrait of Elizabeth LavenzaElizabeth
Portrait of Henry ClervalHenry
Portrait of Alphonse FrankensteinAlphonse
Portrait of WilliamWilliam
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Frankenstein, illustrated page 1: You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings.
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Frankenstein, illustrated page 2: Six years have passed since I resolved on this undertaking; I recall the hour I devoted to it.
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Frankenstein, illustrated page 3: LETTER II. To Mrs. Saville, England. Archangel, 28th March, 17—.
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Frankenstein, illustrated page 4: I have no friend, Margaret: when I am glowing with the enthusiasm of success,
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Frankenstein, illustrated page 5: My dear Sister, July 7th, 17—.
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Frankenstein, illustrated page 6: Letter IV. To Mrs. Saville, England. August 5th, 17—.
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Frankenstein, illustrated page 9: My affection for my guest increases every day.
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Frankenstein, illustrated page 10: I am by birth a Genevese; my family is among the most distinguished of that republic.
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Frankenstein, illustrated page 11: Caroline Beaufort, of uncommon mould, plaited straw to earn a pittance.
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Frankenstein, illustrated page 12: I was born in Naples and spent my early years as their only child.
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Frankenstein, illustrated page 13: We were brought up together; there was not quite a year difference in our ages.
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Frankenstein, illustrated page 14: I united myself in the bonds of the closest friendship to one among them. Henry Clerval was the son of a merchant of Geneva.
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Frankenstein, illustrated page 15: My parents were possessed by the very spirit of kindness and indulgence.
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Frankenstein, illustrated page 16: I feel exquisite pleasure in dwelling on the recollections of childhood, before misfortune had tainted my mind.
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Frankenstein, illustrated page 17: When I had attained the age of seventeen, my parents resolved that I should become a student at the university of Ingolstadt.
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Frankenstein, illustrated page 18: On her death-bed the fortitude and benignity of this best of women did not desert her.
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Frankenstein, illustrated page 19: I was new to sorrow, but it did not the less alarm me.
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Frankenstein, illustrated page 20: At morning's dawn I descended to the carriage which was to convey me away, they were all there—my father again to bless me, my Elizabeth to renew her entreat...
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Frankenstein, illustrated page 21: CHAPTER IV. From this day natural philosophy, and particularly chemistry, in the most comprehensive sense of the term, became nearly my sole occupation.
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Frankenstein, illustrated page 22: My application was at first fluctuating and uncertain; it gained strength as I proceeded,
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Frankenstein, illustrated page 23: When an incident happened that protracted my stay.
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Frankenstein, illustrated page 24: I revolved these circumstances in my mind, and determined thenceforth to apply myself more particularly to those branches of natural philosophy which relate ...
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Frankenstein, illustrated page 25: It was on a dreary night of November, that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils.
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Frankenstein, illustrated page 26: It was already one in the morning; rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out.
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Frankenstein, illustrated page 27: His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful. Beautiful!—Great God!
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Frankenstein, illustrated page 28: Unable to endure the being I created, I rushed out, and traversed my bedchamber for a long time.
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Frankenstein, illustrated page 29: CHAPTER VI. Clerval then put the following letter into my hands. It was from my own Elizabeth:—
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