When I looked around I saw and heard of none like me. Was I, then, a monster, a blot upon the earth, from which all men fled and whom all men disowned? I cannot describe to you the agony that these reflections inflicted upon me: I tried to dispel them, but sorrow only increased with knowledge.
— Mary Shelley Modern

Frankenstein

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Frankenstein, spoken by the Creature, reflecting on his isolation and the pain of understanding his condition.

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1818

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Philosophical

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