Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus: (Mary Shelley Classics Collection) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781507664346)

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.

Author: Mary Shelley
ISBN-10: 1507664346
ISBN-13: 9781507664346
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 01/21/2015
Pages: 178
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 12.4
Point Value: 17
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 533 / Frankenstein (Unabridged)