
fiction·classic·
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley · 1818
Skip the plot, everyone can find that. Readers keep the residue here: the sentence that survived after the cover closed.
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What did Frankenstein leave in you?
One sentence. Forget the review voice. Write the line you'd underline and whisper to a friend on the train.
Live proof
The line you carried will sit here, in print.
From the margins
10 lines · sorted by underlines · offline shelf
- CarriedNo. P70U8W
The creature wasn't born monstrous. It was neglected into monstrosity. I answer my messages.
Carried out ofFrankensteinMary Shelley · 1818not yet underlinedCarried byIvan30 MAY 2026 - CarriedNo. B84ZDM
I ought to be thy Adam, not thy fallen angel. The most reasonable scream in the book.
Carried out ofFrankensteinMary Shelley · 1818not yet underlinedCarried byAmir03 FEB 2026 - CarriedNo. AEN5ZW
Victor had ambition and no love in the room. Every startup founder should read chapter four.
Carried out ofFrankensteinMary Shelley · 1818not yet underlinedCarried byPetra03 MAR 2026 - CarriedNo. 90QBFN
The creature learned language from Paradise Lost and letters he was never allowed to answer.
Carried out ofFrankensteinMary Shelley · 1818not yet underlinedCarried byLucy07 APR 2026 - CarriedNo. 2CMZEE
A companion was all it asked. Victor's yes would have saved every character in the book.
Carried out ofFrankensteinMary Shelley · 1818not yet underlinedCarried byGrace12 MAY 2026 - CarriedNo. 9AVDAC
I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine. Both sentences in that speech are true.
Carried out ofFrankensteinMary Shelley · 1818not yet underlinedCarried byFarah16 JUN 2026 - CarriedNo. 2IPYN6
The Arctic chase, the maker hunted by what he refused to hold.
Carried out ofFrankensteinMary Shelley · 1818not yet underlinedCarried byOwen20 JUL 2026 - CarriedNo. MNC2F3
Elizabeth's letters read like the last person in the book who actually pays attention.
Carried out ofFrankensteinMary Shelley · 1818not yet underlinedCarried byRosa24 AUG 2026 - CarriedNo. 5FQQE3
Written by a nineteen-year-old at a rainy villa. Age is not a measure of terror.
Carried out ofFrankensteinMary Shelley · 1818not yet underlinedCarried byMira28 SEP 2026 - CarriedNo. T9U7U8
Beware, for I am fearless. Creation without care is just abandonment with a lab coat.
Carried out ofFrankensteinMary Shelley · 1818not yet underlinedCarried byIvan23 OCT 2026