"Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley

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…death-bed. He met Walton, who hated him very much, and told him of the rage he felt, and how his objective was nearly over.. all he has to do now is kill himself. He would do this by going up to the northern-most part of the globe (where no one could see him) and set fire to his miserable self. He leapt out of the boat window onto some ice and disappeared into the darkness.