Mary Shelley's 'Monster'....?

Question:

Mary Shelley's 'Monster'....?

I have read her book "Frankenstein". Which was very difficult to read...so needless to say... I need some help.

Can you tell me where Mary Shelley describes the monster (her description).

Thanks so much.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: That is the beginning of 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 of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet. It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs.

How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care I had endeavoured to form? His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful. Beautiful!--Great God! His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same colour as the dun white sockets in which they were set, his shrivelled complexion and straight black lips.

It is a complex book, but not very difficult to read if you read slowly and use a reading journal if need to. Believe me - it is worth the read. The author was 18 when she wrote it, so I imagine you can read it.

Pax - C