"I am by birth a Genevese, and my family is one of the most distinguished of that republic. My ancest..."

"We were brought up together; there was not quite a year difference in our ages. I need not say that..."

"When I had attained the age of seventeen my parents resolved that I should become a student at the u..."

"From this day natural philosophy, and particularly chemistry, in the most comprehensive sense of the..."

"It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils. With an anxiety t..."

"Clerval then put the following letter into my hands. It was from my own Elizabeth:“My dearest Cousin..."

"On my return, I found the following letter from my father:—“My dear Victor,“You have probably waited..."

"We passed a few sad hours until eleven o’clock, when the trial was to commence. My father and the re..."

"Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick su..."

"I spent the following day roaming through the valley. I stood beside the sources of the Arveiron, wh..."

"“It is with considerable difficulty that I remember the original era of my being; all the events of..."

"“I lay on my straw, but I could not sleep. I thought of the occurrences of the day. What chiefly str..."

"“I now hasten to the more moving part of my story. I shall relate events that impressed me with feel..."

"“Some time elapsed before I learned the history of my friends. It was one which could not fail to im..."

"“Such was the history of my beloved cottagers. It impressed me deeply. I learned, from the views of..."

"“Cursed, cursed creator! Why did I live? Why, in that instant, did I not extinguish the spark of exi..."

"The being finished speaking and fixed his looks upon me in the expectation of a reply. But I was bew..."

"Day after day, week after week, passed away on my return to Geneva; and I could not collect the cour..."

"London was our present point of rest; we determined to remain several months in this wonderful and c..."

"I sat one evening in my laboratory; the sun had set, and the moon was just rising from the sea; I ha..."

"I was soon introduced into the presence of the magistrate, an old benevolent man with calm and mild..."

"The voyage came to an end. We landed, and proceeded to Paris. I soon found that I had overtaxed my s..."

"It was eight o’clock when we landed; we walked for a short time on the shore, enjoying the transitor..."

"My present situation was one in which all voluntary thought was swallowed up and lost. I was hurried..."