Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley(iris_cole)
A young scientist creates a living creature from assembled body parts, setting both creator and creation on a dark path of tragedy and vengeance.
Chapters
Chapter 1 — I am by birth a Genevese, and my family is one of the most
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Chapter 2 — We were brought up together; there was not quite a year difference in
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Chapter 3 — When I had attained the age of seventeen my parents resolved that I
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Chapter 4 — From this day natural philosophy, and particularly chemistry, in the
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Chapter 5 — It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment
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Chapter 6 — Clerval then put the following letter into my hands. It was from my
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Chapter 7 — On my return, I found the following letter from my father:—
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Chapter 8 — We passed a few sad hours until eleven o’clock, when the trial was to
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Chapter 9 — Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have
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Chapter 10 — I spent the following day roaming through the valley. I stood beside
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Chapter 11 — “It is with considerable difficulty that I remember the original era of
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Chapter 12 — “I lay on my straw, but I could not sleep. I thought of the
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Chapter 13 — “I now hasten to the more moving part of my story. I shall relate
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Chapter 14 — “Some time elapsed before I learned the history of my friends. It was
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Chapter 15 — “Such was the history of my beloved cottagers. It impressed me deeply.
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Chapter 16 — “Cursed, cursed creator! Why did I live? Why, in that instant, did I
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Chapter 17 — The being finished speaking and fixed his looks upon me in the
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Chapter 18 — Day after day, week after week, passed away on my return to Geneva; and
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Chapter 19 — London was our present point of rest; we determined to remain several
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Chapter 20 — I sat one evening in my laboratory; the sun had set, and the moon was just
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Chapter 21 — I was soon introduced into the presence of the magistrate, an old
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Chapter 22 — The voyage came to an end. We landed, and proceeded to Paris. I soon
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Chapter 23 — It was eight o’clock when we landed; we walked for a short time on the
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Chapter 24 — My present situation was one in which all voluntary thought was
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