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Quotation from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
“It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils”
Frankenstein, Vol. I, Ch. IV (1818) / Ch. 5 (1831) (1831 text)
The opening of the animation scene, reportedly the first passage Shelley wrote.
Citation: "It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils" — Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, Vol. I, Ch. IV (1818) / Ch. 5 (1831) (1831 text). (id frankenstein-q7)
Portrait: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Richard Rothwell, Public domain.
