Chapter 17 : * "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus", by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly, [1818], CHAPTER 17 THE BEING finished speaking, and fixed his looks upon me in expectation of a reply. But I was bewildered, perplexed, and unable to arrange my ideas sufficiently to understand the full extent of his...
Chapter 16 : * "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus", by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly, [1818], CHAPTER 16 "CURSED, cursed creator! Why did I live? Why, in that instant, did I not extinguish the spark of existence which you had so wantonly bestowed? I know not; despair had not yet taken possession of me; my...
Chapter 12 : * "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus", by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly, [1818], CHAPTER 12 "I LAY on my straw, but I could not sleep. I thought of the occurrences of the day. What chiefly struck me was the gentle manners of these people; and I longed to join them, but dared not. I remembered...
Letter 2 : * "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus", by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly, [1818], LETTER 2 HOW slowly the time passes here, encompassed as I am by frost and snow! yet a second step is taken towards my enterprise. I have hired a vessel, and am occupied in collecting my sailors; those whom I have...
Letter 4 : * "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus", by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly, [1818], LETTER 4 SO STRANGE an accident has happened to us that I cannot forbear recording it, although it is very probable that you will see me before these papers can come into your possession. Last Monday (July 31st), we...
Chapter 14 : * "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus", by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly, [1818], CHAPTER 14 "SOME time elapsed before I learned the history of my friends. It was one which could not fail to impress itself deeply on my mind, unfolding as it did a number of circumstances, each interesting...
Preface : * "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus", by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly, [1818], PREFACE THE event on which this fiction is founded has been supposed, by Dr. Darwin, and some of the physiological writers of Germany, as not of impossible occurrence. I shall not be supposed as according...
Chapter 10 : * "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus", by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly, [1818], CHAPTER 10 I SPENT the following day roaming through the valley. I stood beside the sources of the Arveiron, which take their rise in a glacier, that with slow pace is advancing down from the summit of the hills...
Chapter 18 : * "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus", by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly, [1818], CHAPTER 18 DAY after day, week after week, passed away on my return to Geneva; and I could not collect the courage to recommence my work. I feared the vengeance of the disappointed fiend, yet I was unable...
Chapter 7 : * "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus", by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly, [1818], CHAPTER 7 ON MY return, I found the following letter from my father, -- My dear Victor, -- You have probably waited impatiently for a letter to fix the date of your return to us; and I was at first tempted to write...
Title Page : * "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus", by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly, [1818], FRANKENSTEIN, OR, THE MODERN PROMETHEUS BY MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY Bentley's Standard Novels [ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED 1818, THIS EDITION 1831]
Chapter 3 : * "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus", by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly, [1818], CHAPTER 3 WHEN I had attained the age of seventeen, my parents resolved that I should become a student at the university of Ingolstadt. I had hitherto attended the schools of Geneva; but my father thought it...
Chapter 22 : * "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus", by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly, [1818], CHAPTER 22 THE voyage came to an end. We landed and proceeded to Paris. I soon found that I had overtaxed my strength, and that I must repose before I could continue my journey. My father's care and attentions were...
Chapter 9 : * "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus", by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly, [1818], CHAPTER 9 NOTHING is more painful to the human mind, than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows, and deprives the soul...
Chapter 5 : * "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus", by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly, [1818], CHAPTER 5 IT WAS on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils. With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark...
Chapter 24 : * "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus", by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly, [1818], CHAPTER 24 MY PRESENT situation was one in which all voluntary thought was swallowed up and lost. I was hurried away by fury; revenge alone endowed me with strength and composure; it moulded my feelings, and allowed...
Chapter 1 : * "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus", by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly, [1818], CHAPTER 1 I AM by birth a Genevese; and my family is one of the most distinguished of that republic. My ancestors had been for many years counsellors and syndics; and my father had filled several public situations...
Chapter 20 : * "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus", by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly, [1818], CHAPTER 20 I SAT one evening in my laboratory; the sun had set, and the moon was just rising from the sea; I had not sufficient light for my employment, and I remained idle, in a pause of consideration of whether I...
Chapter 8 : * "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus", by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly, [1818], CHAPTER 8 WE PASSED a few sad hours, until eleven o'clock, when the trial was to commence. My father and the rest of the family being obliged to attend as witnesses, I accompanied them to the court. During the whole...
Chapter 21 : * "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus", by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly, [1818], CHAPTER 21 I WAS soon introduced into the presence of the magistrate, an old benevolent man, with calm and mild manners. He looked upon me, however, with some degree of severity: and then, turning towards my...
Chapter 4 : * "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus", by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly, [1818], CHAPTER 4 FROM this memorable day natural philosophy, and particularly chemistry, in the most comprehensive sense of the term, became nearly my sole occupation. I read with ardour those works, so full of genius...
Chapter 23 : * "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus", by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly, [1818], CHAPTER 23 IT WAS eight o'clock when we landed; we walked for a short time on the shore enjoying the transitory light, and then retired to the inn and contemplated the lovely scene of waters, woods, and mountains...
Chapter 2 : * "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus", by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly, [1818], CHAPTER 2 WE WERE brought up together; there was not quite a year difference in our ages. I need not say that we were strangers to any species of disunion or dispute. Harmony was the soul of our companionship...
Chapter 6 : * "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus", by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly, [1818], CHAPTER 6 CLERVAL then put the following letter into hands. It was from my own Elizabeth: -- My dearest Cousin, -- You have been ill, very ill, and even the constant letters of dear kind Henry are not sufficient...
Letter 1 : * "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus", by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly, [1818], LETTER 1 To Mrs. Saville, England. YOU will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings. I arrived here yesterday; and my...
Chapter 11 : * "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus", by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly, [1818], CHAPTER 11 "IT IS with considerable difficulty that I remember the original era of being: all the events of that period appear confused and indistinct. A strange multiplicity of sensations seized me, and I saw, felt...
Chapter 15 : * "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus", by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly, [1818], CHAPTER 15 "SUCH was the history of my beloved cottagers. It impressed me deeply. I learned, from the views of social life which it developed, to admire their virtues, and to deprecate the vices of mankind. "As yet...
Chapter 19 : * "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus", by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly, [1818], CHAPTER 19 LONDON was our present point of rest; we determined to remain several months in this wonderful and celebrated city. Clerval desired the intercourse of the men of genius and talent who flourished at this...
Chapter 13 : * "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus", by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly, [1818], CHAPTER 13 "I NOW hasten to the more moving part of my story. I shall relate events that impressed me with feelings which, from what I had been, have made me what I am. "Spring advanced rapidly; the weather became...
Letter 3 : * "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus", by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly, [1818], LETTER 3 MY DEAR Sister, -- I write a few lines in haste, to say that I am safe, and well advanced on my voyage. This letter will reach England by a merchantman now on its homeward voyage from Archangel; more...