Name: Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus: (Mary Shelley Classics Collection)
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Author: Shelley, Mary
ISBN: 9781507664346

portada Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus: (Mary Shelley Classics Collection)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Mary Shelley

Publisher

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Language

English

Pages

178

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.6 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm

Weight

0.25 kg.

ISBN13

9781507664346

Synopsis "Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus: (Mary Shelley Classics Collection)"

These reflections have dispelled the agitation with which I began my letter, and I feel my heart glow with an enthusiasm which elevates me to heaven, for nothing contributes so much to tranquillize the mind as a steady purpose-a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye. This expedition has been the favourite dream of my early years. I have read with ardour the accounts of the various voyages which have been made in the prospect of arriving at the North Pacific Ocean through the seas which surround the pole. You may remember that a history of all the voyages made for purposes of discovery composed the whole of our good Uncle Thomas' library. My education was neglected, yet I was passionately fond of reading. These volumes were my study day and night, and my familiarity with them increased that regret which I had felt, as a child, on learning that my father's dying injunction had forbidden my uncle to allow me to embark in a seafaring life.

Mary Shelley

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Mary Shelley (1797-1851) fue una escritora, dramaturga, ensayista y biógrafa británica. Es una de las escritoras más importantes e influyentes de las letras británicas del siglo XIX. Su poderosa imaginación y su inagotable sed de concimiento le llevaron a concebir Frankenstein, una de las novelas más leídas y estudiadas desde su publicación. Además escribió otras novelas, como El último hombre o Perkin Warbeck, y un buen número de relatos.

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