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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
1797–1851

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

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After my meal I felt

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1797–1851

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

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p. 42
overcome by fatigue, and lying down among some straw, I fell asleep.

p. 43
Night came on as I wandered with wild agitation among the hedges and fields that surrounded me; I felt chill, and darkness, which ever filled me with dread, seemed to press with double weight upon my blinded organs. I looked round for shelter

Vol. II, Chapter III, pp. 44–45

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rivulet

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I continued however to watch the countenances of the Cottagers and the changes I perceived were at once the excitements and the aliments of a boundless curiosity.