ISBN: 9780217837149

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not … Plus…

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 edition. Excerpt: ...tolerable ease. It was as the ass and the lap-dog; yet surely the gentle ass, whose intentions were affectionate, although his manners were rude, deserved better treatment than blows and execration. The pleasant showers and genial warmth of spring greatly altered the aspect of the earth. Men, who before this change seemed to have been hid in caves, dispersed themselves, and were employed in various arts of cultivation. The birds sang in more cheerful notes, and the leaves began to bud forth on the trees. Happy, happy earth! fit habitation for gods, which, so short a time before, was bleak, damp, and unwholesome. My spirits were elevated by the enchanting appearance of nature; the past was blotted from my memory, the present was tranquil, and the future gilded by bright rays of hope and anticipations of joy. CHAPTER XIII. 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 fine, and the skies cloudless. It surprised me, that what before was desert and gloomy should now bloom with the most beautiful flowers and verdure. My senses were gratified and refreshed by a thousand scents of delight, and a thousand sights of beauty. It was on one of these days, when my cottagers periodically rested from labour--the old man played on his guitar, and the children listened to him--that I observed the countenance of Felix was melancholy beyond expression; he sighed frequently; and once his father paused in his music, and I conjectured by his manner that he inquired the cause of his son''s sorrow. Felix replied in a cheerful accent, and the old man was recommencing his music, when some one tapped at the... Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Books, Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus Books, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9780217837149

Shelley's classic hints in part at the possible dangers inherent in the pursuit of pure science; it also portrays the injustice of a society which persecutes outcasts such as the "Monster… Plus…

Shelley's classic hints in part at the possible dangers inherent in the pursuit of pure science; it also portrays the injustice of a society which persecutes outcasts such as the "Monster." Disturbing and profoundly moving, Frankenstein has become part of our own mythology. Books, Education & Teaching~~Secondary, Frankenstein~~Mary-Shelley, 999999999, Frankenstein, Mary Shelley, 021783714X, General Books LLC, , , , , General Books LLC<

ISBN: 021783714X

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2009, ISBN: 021783714X, Lieferbar binnen 4-6 Wochen

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 170 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=10mm, Gew.=259gr, [GR: 22500 - TB/Kinder-/Jugendromane u. -erzählu… Plus…

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 170 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=10mm, Gew.=259gr, [GR: 22500 - TB/Kinder-/Jugendromane u. -erzählungen], [SW: - Children's Books / Ages 9-12 Fiction], Kartoniert/Broschiert<

2012, ISBN: 9780217837149

Trade paperback, New., Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 74 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. Intended for a juvenile audience., Miami FL, [PU: Rarebooksclub.com]