“Cursed, cursed creator! Why did I live? Why, in that instant, did I not extinguish the spark...
Frankenstein
Such was the history of my beloved cottagers. It impressed me deeply. I learned, from the views...
“Some time elapsed before I learned the history of my friends. It was one which could not...
“I now hasten to the more moving part of my story. I shall relate events that impressed...
I lay on my straw, but I could not sleep. I thought of the occurrences of the...
It is with considerable difficulty that I remember the original æra of my being: all the events...
The next day, contrary to the prognostications of our guides, was fine, although clouded. We visited the...
Nothing is more painful to the human mind, than, after the feelings have been worked up by...
We passed a few sad hours, until eleven o’clock, when the trial was to commence. My father...
You have probably waited impatiently for a letter to fix the date of your return to us;...
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...
From this day natural philosophy, and particularly chemistry, in the most comprehensive sense of the term, became...
When I had attained the age of seventeen, my parents resolved that I should become a student...
Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus CHAPTER I I am by birth a Genevese; and my family is...