A Dark and Stormy Night
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- Themba Moyakeje podelio/la utisakпре 9 година
💀JezivaThe birth of the gothic narrative was arguably bolstered by Shelley's 'Frankenstein'. Simply philosophically engaging when one considers how at its core is the question of whether the evil that's prevalent in the world was manufactured by inhumanity.
We read it for the Southern African English Olympiad this year (2016) where we explored the leitmotif: The Darkness in Man's Heart.
Simply fulfilling!
p.s: I especial love the archaic diction - palatable. - b8627429365je podelio/la utisakпре 9 месеци
👍Vredna čitanjaThis story was scary I loved it! It’s about a guy named Victor that spend months making a creature out of old body parts.
- b4522549362je podelio/la utisakпрошле године👍Vredna čitanja
“ ‘Heaven forbid! even if you were really criminal; for that can only drive you to desperation, and not instigate you to virtue.
“But this was a luxury of sensation that could not endure; I became fatigued with excess of bodily exertion, and sank on the damp grass in the sick impotence of despair.
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- syafiqahwithaQje citiraoпре 5 година
The labours I endured were no longer to be alleviated by the bright sun or gentle breezes of spring; all joy was but a mockery, which insulted my desolate state, and made me feel more painfully that I was not made for the enjoyment of pleasure. - Alexa Graceje citiraoпрошле године
Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change. - exitlistsje citiraoпре 2 године
the whole train of my progress towards the creation; the appearance of the work of my own hands alive at my bedside; its departure.
