Mary Shelley

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose--a pont on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

I beheld the wretch -- the miserable monster whom I had created.
--Frankenstein

For more information on Mary Shelley
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/mshelley.htm
http://www.english.udel.edu/swilson/mws/mws.html

This site has perspectives on the Frankenstein the novel, and interesting information about its film versions
http://members.aon.at/frankenstein/frankenstein-novel.htm

E-text of Frankenstein
http://www.literature.org/authors/shelley-mary/frankenstein/