English Literature – Science Fiction Author: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797 – 1851) Excerpt from Chapter 5   It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils. With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark […] Read more

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ENGLISH:Mass had just finished one spring day in 1774 at the Del Carmen Convent. As the crowds exited the convent, Friar San Benito approached Mrs. Juan Garcia de Miranda and her 18 year old daughter Maria Luisa. After a brief exchange the friar unsheathed his stiletto knife and stabbed young Maria Luisa on her neck […] Read more

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