Frankenstein 1

• “I loved my brothers, Elizabeth, and Clerval; these were “old familiar faces;” but I believed myself totally unfitted for the company of strangers.” (p. 40)

Old Familiar Faces was written in 1798 by Charles Lamb, an English writer. Lamb was a romantic poet as well as an accomplished essayist, literary critic and letter writer. Lamb became friends with young writers who favored political reform - one including Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley’s husband. In this excerpt, Shelley reveals that the work Victor is about to endure is too extreme and foreign for his friend and family members to be associated with. Victor’s future experiences and family connections would have to be separate relationships.

(Works Cited)
"Charles Lamb." Old Poetry. Web. 31 July 2009. http://oldpoetry.com/oauthor/show/Charles_Lamb.

(Works Cited & Photo Credit)
"Charles Lamb." Poets' Graves. Aug. 2003. Web. 31 July 2009. http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/lamb.htm.