Sarah H’s Reviews > Frankenstein > Status Update

"I must pause here, for it requires all my fortitude to recall the memory of the frightful events which I am about to relate, in proper detail, to my recollection." I do not know why this is cracking me tf up right now.

"The mere presence of the idea was an irresistible proof of the fact." Sir, you are a scientist.

I need to deep dive the different versions of the text. My copy includes an author introduction from 1831 in which Shelley says she cleaned up the style a little bit. Matt's edition must be the original 1818 version. Or a completely different one? Right off the bat, his has Robert Walton pondering the mysteries of magnets! But mine cut the line about magnets! Give me magnets!