I shall thus give a general answer to the question, so frequently asked me-"How I, then a young girl, came to think of, and to dilate upon, so very hideous an idea?" (Mary Shelley)

I shall thus give a general answer to the question, so frequently asked me-"How I, then a young girl, came to think of, and to dilate upon, so very hideous an idea?"

Mary Shelley

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