a succession of imaginary incidents
Mary Shelley's language here is
resonant with the terms by which she
describes the educational milieu within the Frankenstein circle. Thus, it
cannot be accidental that she draws an implicit comparison between her own
youthful career as a writer and that of her most imaginative character,
Henry Clerval, who is described as smitten with a world of romance in both
the 1818 and
1831 editions of the novel.
