“The book from which Felix instructed… was Volney’s Ruins of Empires…” (pg. 139)
Ruins of Empires, written by French philosopher C.F. Volney, is a radical document that analyzes the ideologies of the world dating to the French Revolution. It is said that, due to the revolutionary nature of this work, those who studied it were influenced to have a general distaste for human culture. Shelley purposely incorporated this extremist book to give added depth to the monster’s skewed perspective on human civilization.
"Ruins of Empire." English Department - University Of Pennsylvania. Web. 13 Aug. 2009. http://www.english.upenn.edu/Projects/knarf/V2notes/ruins.html
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