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so so easily the best contemporary novel i’ve ever had the pleasure of reading. tsh often gets reduced to “the dangers of aesthetics,” (and to an extent that is certainly a through-line), but to me, richard’s experience is such a poignant depiction o
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“Hateful day when I received life!' I exclaimed in agony. 'Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust? God, in pity, made man beautiful and alluring, after his own image; but my form is a filthy type of yours, more horrid even from the very resemlance. Satan had his companions, fellow-devils, to admire and encourage him; but I am solitary and abhorred.' - Frankenstein”
― Frankenstein
― Frankenstein
“Excellent friend! how sincerely you did love me, and endeavour to elevate my mind until it was on a level with your own. A selfish pursuit had cramped and narrowed me, until your gentleness and affection warmed and opened my senses”
― Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
― Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
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