The sublime

Quote

Character

Chapter

“I try in vain to be persuaded that the pole is the seat of frost and desolation; it ever presents itself to my imagination as the region of beauty and delight”

Walton

Letter I

“No one can feel more deeply than he does the beauties of nature”

Walton

Letter IV

“The power of elevating his soul from earth”

Walton

Letter IV

“Frightful the storm which embraced the gallant vessel on its course”

Walton

Letter IV

“The silence of winter...the life and turbulence of our Alpine summer”

Victor

Volume One, Chapter II

“The summer months passed while I was thus engaged”

Victor

Volume One, Chapter IV

“The season [of Spring] contributed greatly to my convalescence”

Victor

Volume One, Chapter V

“Young buds were shooting forth from the trees that shaded my window”

Victor

Volume One, Chapter V

“A black and comfortless sky”

Victor

Volume One, Chapter V

“The calm and heavenly scene restored me”

Victor

Volume One, Chapter VII

“Solemn silence of this glorious presence chamber of imperial Nature”

Victor

Volume Two, Chapter II

“In the midst of poverty and want, Felix carried to his sister the first little white flower that peeped out from the snowy ground”

The Creature

Volume Two, Chapter IV

“Covered with ice, it was only to be distinguished from land by its superior wildness and ruggedness”

Victor

Volume Three, Chapter VII

“I am surrounded by mountains of ice which... threaten every moment to crush my vessel”

Walton

Volume Three, Chapter VII