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1797–1851

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
1797–1851

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
1797–1851

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

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She told me, that that same evening William had entreated her to let him wear a miniature that she possessed of your mother, which was set in jewels.

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1797–1851

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
1797–1851

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

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Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

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The sky above was serene;

And the clouds were gathering on the horison, mass rising above mass, while the lightning they emitted shewed their shapes and size.

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1797–1851

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

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1797–1851

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
1797–1851

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

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Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

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p. 152
the sense of our misfortune is yet unalleviated; the silence of our father is uninterrupted, and there is something more distressing than tears in his unaltered sadness—while poor Elizabeth, seeking solitude and for ever weeping, already begins to feel the

p. 153
effects of incessant grief—for her colour is gone, and her eyes are hollow & lustreless
You must assist me in acquiring sufficient calmness to console my father and support my poor Elizabeth.

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1797–1851

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

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1797–1851

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

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1797–1851

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

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