Project Gutenberg #84
Frankenstein
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
1818Shelley's novel, prepared letter by letter and chapter by chapter from Project Gutenberg HTML for a different formal prose register.
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Chapter 12 Central question How does the creature learn to read human life? Main argument Watching the De Lacey family, the creature learns language, social roles, and the structure of affection. Their poverty and...
The birds sang in more cheerful notes, and the leaves began to bud forth on the trees. Happy, happy earth! Fit habitation for gods, which, so short a time before, was bleak, damp, and unwholesome. My spirits were elevated by the enchanting appearance of nature; the past was blotted from my memory, the present was tranquil, and the future gilded by bright rays of hope and anticipations of joy.”