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My dear frankenstein1/13/2024 ![]() ![]() We returned again, with torches for I could not rest, when I thought that my sweet boy had lost himself, and was exposed to all the damps and dews of night: Elizabeth also suffered extreme anguish. “This account rather alarmed us, and we continued to search for him until night fell, when Elizabeth conjectured that he might have returned to the house. Presently Ernest came, and inquired if we had seen his brother: he said, that they had been playing together, that William had run away to hide himself, and that he vainly sought for him, and afterwards waited for him a long time, but that he did not return. We accordingly rested on a seat until they should return. It was already dusk before we thought of returning and then we discovered that William and Ernest, who had gone on before, were not to be found. The evening was warm and serene, and we prolonged our walk farther than usual. “Last Thursday (May 7th) I, my niece, and your two brothers, went to walk in Plainpalais. “I will not attempt to console you but will simply relate the circumstances of the transaction. “William is dead!-that sweet child, whose smiles delighted and warmed my heart, who was so gentle, yet so gay! Victor, he is murdered! What would be your surprise, my son, when you expected a happy and gay welcome, to behold, on the contrary, tears and wretchedness? And how, Victor, can I relate our misfortune? Absence cannot have rendered you callous to our joys and griefs and how shall I inflict pain on an absent child? I wish to prepare you for the woeful news, but I know it is impossible even now your eye skims over the page, to seek the words which are to convey to you the horrible tidings. But that would be a cruel kindness, and I dare not do it. “You have probably waited impatiently for a letter to fix the date of your return to us and I was at first tempted to write only a few lines, merely mentioning the day on which I should expect you. did us a favor by a getting rid of the blood and gore and focusing on “happily ever after.”įind out the real stories by checking out the original books here at MCPL.On my return, I found the following letter from my father:. The ending of The Little Mermaid will make you cry, and you will never look at Princes in the same way after reading Sleeping Beauty. Not to mention lines attributed to the author that never appeared in any of his plays.Īnd if your only exposure to fairy tales is through Disney, you will be shocked reading the older versions of those stories. I knew him, Horatio-a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy.” You could fill a book with misquoted Shakespearean lines. I knew him well!” but instead, “Alas, poor Yorick. Shakespeare’s Hamlet didn’t say, “Alas, Poor Yorick. Also, no wooden stake through the heart in the novel. And sunlight weakened him but didn’t kill him. ![]() He was actually an elderly man with a grey mustache. Actually, Alex got bored being a hooligan and grew out of it to eventually become a productive member of society.īram Stoker’s Dracula wasn’t young and good looking. Remember how Alex in Anthony Burgess’s novel A Clockwork Orange ultimately proved to be irredeemable? Well that means you either saw the movie by Stanley Kubrick or read the American version of the novel, which left out the last chapter. The novel takes place nearly four decades later. Contrary to popular belief, Victor Hugo’s story is not a dramatization of events of that day. Interested in learning about what happened during the storming of France’s Bastille on July 14, 1789? Well don’t read Les Miserables. But don’t say, “Elementary, my dear Watson.” Not if you’re trying to be accurate to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s creation that is! In fact, Holmes never spoke those words in the novels. If you want to play Sherlock Holmes for Halloween this year, make sure you have your hat and your pipe ready. (By the way, the biggest source for these misconceptions is Hollywood.) So, I thought that it would be a good time to look at other popular literary myths that people have come to believe. The above paragraph mentions a lot of misunderstandings that have grown about Frankenstein. ![]() And we better make sure not to mention Igor either since he didn’t exist in the novel. Then again, Victor Frankenstein wasn’t a doctor, so that wouldn’t work. Victor Frankenstein’s Monster Day since the creature wasn’t actually called Frankenstein. In order to mark the occasion, Frankenstein Day was created to celebrate both her and the creature she created in her novel Frankenstein, or, the Modern Prometheus.īut wait! Maybe it should be called Happy Dr. Did you know that August 30 is Mary Shelley’s birthday? On this day in 1797, the author who many credit with launching modern science fiction was born in Somers Town, London.
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