Frankenstein [Electronic resource], or, The modern Prometheus / by Mary Wollestonecraft Shelley
dc.contributor | Internet Wiretap |
dc.contributor.author | Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 |
dc.coverage.placeName | London ; New York |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-27 |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-19T15:07:58Z |
dc.date.available | 2022-08-19T15:07:58Z |
dc.date.created | 1823 |
dc.date.issued | 1993-10-01 |
dc.identifier | ota:1922 |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/1922 |
dc.description.abstract | General editor of series: Ernest Rhys |
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dc.language | English |
dc.language.iso | eng |
dc.publisher | University of Oxford |
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dc.relation.isreplacedby | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/3217 |
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dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ |
dc.rights.label | PUB |
dc.subject.lcsh | Fiction -- Great Britain -- 19th century |
dc.subject.lcsh | Novels -- Great Britain -- 19th century |
dc.subject.lcsh | Epistolary novels -- Great Britain -- 19th century |
dc.subject.other | Novels |
dc.title | Frankenstein [Electronic resource], or, The modern Prometheus / by Mary Wollestonecraft Shelley |
dc.type | Text |
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branding | Oxford Text Archive |
branding | Oxford Text Archive |
files.size | 428364 |
files.count | 1 |
otaterms.date.range | 1800-1899 |
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<text> <front> <tPage> <dTitle type=main>Frankenstein, or, the Modern Prometheus</dTitle> <byLine>by <dAuthor>Mary Wollestonecraft Shelley</dAuthor></byLine> </tPage> </front> <body> <div type='letter' n=L1> <head>Letter 1</head> <p>To Mrs. Saville, England <p>St. Petersburgh, Dec. 11th, 17— <p>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 first task is to assure my dear sister of my welfare and increasing confidence in the success of my undertaking. <p>I am already far north of London, and as I walk in the streets of Petersburgh, I feel a cold northern breeze play upon my cheeks, which braces my nerves and fills me with delight. Do you understand this feeling? This breeze, which has travelled from the regions towards which I am advancing, gives me a foretaste of those icy climes. Inspirited by this wind of promise, my daydreams become more ferve . . .