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“Cursed, cursed creator! Why did I live? Why, in that instant, did I not extinguish the spark of existence which you had so wantonly bestowed? I know not; despair had not yet taken possession of me; my feelings were those of rage and revenge.

Such was the history of my beloved cottagers. It impressed me deeply. I learned, from the views of social life which it developed, to admire

“Some time elapsed before I learned the history of my friends. It was one which could not fail to impress itself deeply on my mind,

“I now hasten to the more moving part of my story. I shall relate events that impressed me with feelings which, from what I was, have made me what I am.

I lay on my straw, but I could not sleep. I thought of the occurrences of the day. What chiefly struck me was the gentle manners of these people;

It is with considerable difficulty that I remember the original æra of my being: all the events of that period appear confused and indistinct

The next day, contrary to the prognostications of our guides, was fine, although clouded. We visited the source of the Arveiron,

Nothing is more painful to the human mind, than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events

We passed a few sad hours, until eleven o’clock, when the trial was to commence. My father and the rest of the family being obliged to attend

I cannot describe to you the uneasiness we have all felt concerning your health.

CHAPTER IV. It was on a dreary night of November, that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils. With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet. It was already one […]

From this day natural philosophy, and particularly chemistry, in the most comprehensive sense of the term, became nearly my sole occupation.

When I had attained the age of seventeen, my parents resolved that I should become a student at the university of Ingolstadt.

Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus CHAPTER I I am by birth a Genevese; and my family is one of the most distinguished