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English Romantic Novelist remembered primarily for her classic Gothic novel Frankenstein, that gave birth to one of the best-known monsters. 1797-1851

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“And now, once again, I bid my hideous progeny go forth and prosper. I have an affection for it, for it was the offspring of happy days, when death and grief were but words, which found no true echo in my heart.”
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“My dreams were at once more fantastic and agreeable than my writings.”
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“But I am a blasted tree; the bolt has entered my soul; and I felt then that I should survive to exhibit what I shall soon cease to be--a miserable spectacle of wrecked humanity, pitiable to others and intolerable to myself.”
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“It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open . . .”
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“I thought and pondered - vainly. I felt that blank incapability of invention which is the greatest misery of authorship, when dull Nothing replies to our anxious invocations.”
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“The scene of my existence is closed & though there be no pleasure in retracing the scenes that have preceded the event which has crushed my hopes yet there seems to be a necessity in doing so, and I obey the impulse that urges me.”
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“Elegance is inferior to virtue.”
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“I am very averse to bringing myself forward in print, but as my account will only appear as an appendage to a former production, and as it will be confined to such topics as have connection with my authorship alone, I can hardly accuse myself of a personal intrusion.”
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“A slavish bondage to parents cramps every faculty of the mind.”
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“I shall live to improve myself, to take care of my child and to render myself worthy to join him. Soon my weary pilgrimage will begin.”
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