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Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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Frankenstein

Letter 1 To Mrs. Saville, England St. Petersburgh, Dec. 11th, 17— You will rejoice to hear that no disaster

has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil

forebodings. I arrived here yesterday, and my first task is to assure my dear sister of my welfare and

increasing confidence in the success of my undertaking. I am already far north of London, and as I walk

in the streets of Petersburgh, I feel a cold northern breeze play upon my cheeks, which braces my

nerves and fills me with delight. Do you understand this feeling? This breeze, which has travelled from

the regions towards which I am advancing, gives me a foretaste of those icy climes. Inspirited by this

wind of promise, my daydreams become more fervent and vivid. I try in vain to be persuaded that the

pole is the seat of frost and desolation; it ever presents itself to my imagination as the region of beauty

and delight. There, Margaret, the sun is forever visible, its broad disk just skirting the horizon and

diffusing a perpetual splendour. There—for with your leave, my sister, I will put some trust in preceding

navigators— there snow and frost are banished; and, sailing over a calm sea, 2 of 345

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English by sanat1988 | Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley This eBook was designed and published by Planet PDF. For more free eBooks visit our Web site at http://www.planetpdf.com/. To hear about our latest releases subscribe to the Planet PDF Newsletter. Frankenstein Letter 1 To Mrs. Saville, England St. Petersburgh, Dec. 11th, 17- You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings. I arrived here yesterday, and my first task is to assure my dear sister of my welfare and increasing confidence in the success of my undertaking. I am already far north of London, and as I walk in the streets of Petersburgh, I feel a cold northern breeze play upon my cheeks, which braces my nerves and fills me with delight. Do you understand this feeling? This breeze, which has travelled from the regions towards which I am advancing, gives me a foretaste of those icy climes. Inspirited by this wind of promise, my daydreams become more fervent and vivid. I try in vain to be persuaded that the pole is the seat of frost and desolation; it ever presents itself to my imagination as the region of beauty and delight. There, Margaret, the sun is forever visible, its broad disk just skirting the horizon and diffusing a perpetual splendour. There-for with your leave, my sister, I will put some trust in preceding navigators- there snow and frost are banished; and, sailing over a calm ...
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