[from Frankenstein (A Norton Critical Edition) © 1818, Mary Shelley & 1996, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., p48-49:]
Two years had now nearly elapsed since the night on which he first received life; and was this his first crime? Alas! I had turned loose into the world a depraved wretch whose delight was in carnage and misery; had he not murdered my brother?
[Maybe Frankenstein isn't really a monster story at all; instead, maybe it's a story of creation, regret, and anguish. Perhaps parents with wayward children can relate. Enjoy the spring, peeps.]
