Quote#Nature
I busied myself to think of a story, — a story to rival those which…
Quote byMary Shelley · 1797–1851
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Introduction to the 1831 edition of Frankenstein.
English (original)
I busied myself to think of a story, — a story to rival those which had excited us to this task. One which would speak to the mysterious fears of our nature, and awaken thrilling horror—one to make the reader dread to look round, to curdle the blood, and quicken the beatings of the heart. If I did not accomplish these things, my ghost story would be unworthy of its name.
— Mary Shelley
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