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035. Vol. I, Chapter I, pp. 52–53

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
1797–1851

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

London: Printed for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, 1818.

PML 16799

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan in 1910

Transcription

I communicated my discovery to my father, who looking carelessly at the title-page of my book, said, “Ah! Cornelius Agrippa! My dear Victor, do not waste your time upon this; it is sad trash.”