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Quotation from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

“I beheld the wretch—the miserable monster whom I had created”

Mary Shelley (spoken by Victor Frankenstein)

Frankenstein, Vol. I, Ch. IV (1818) / Ch. 5 (1831) (1831 text)

Portrait of Mary Shelley

Woken from a nightmare, Victor finds the creature at his bedside and flees, abandoning it.

Citation: "I beheld the wretch—the miserable monster whom I had created" — Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, Vol. I, Ch. IV (1818) / Ch. 5 (1831) (1831 text). (id frankenstein-q8)

Portrait: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Richard Rothwell, Public domain.

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