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Feb 11, 2013 · The 1818 edition of Frankenstein. This version is based on a digitisation by Distributed Proofreaders cross checked against an existing Project Gutenberg text and a new DP digitisation of the 1831 edition.
- 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 with honour and reputation.
- 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.
- 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 necessary for the completion of my education that I should be made acquainted with other customs than those of my native country.
- From this 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 and discrimination, which modern inquirers have written on these subjects.
Mar 9, 2003 · The Project Gutenberg EBook of Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.
Jun 21, 2024 · Frankenstein, by Mary W. Shelley, in 316 bookmarked and searchable pdf pages. Wikipedia has an entry on British novelist Shelley (1797-1851), and also on her science fiction novel, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818). Internet Archive has a selection of works by or about Mary Shelley.
Frankenstein for on e of t h ei r seri es, ex p ressed a wi sh t h at I sh ou l d fu rn i sh t h em wi t h some ac c ou n t of t h e ori g i n of t h e st ory. I am t h e more wi l l i n g t o c omp l y , b ec au se I sh al l t h u s g i v e a g en eral an swer t o t h e q u est i on , so v ery freq u en t l y
Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus By Mary Shelley Transcription, correction, editorial commentary, and markup by Students of Marymount University
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Oct 23, 2021 · This version of the story was heavily revised by Mary Shelley who was under pressure to make the story more conservative, and included a new, longer preface by her, presenting a somewhat embellished version of the genesis of the story.
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