Citations:absorbing

English citations of absorbing

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• 1818 — Mary Shelley. Frankenstein.

  After so long a period of an absorbing melancholy that resembled madness in its intensity and effects, he was glad to find that I was capable of taking pleasure in the idea of such a journey, and he hoped that change of scene and varied amusement would, before my return, have restored me entirely to myself.