A review by a_r_e_l_i_c
The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein by Peter Ackroyd

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"This moth," he said, "is filled with life. Do you see how it circles around the candle flame? Do you believe that it enjoys its existence?"

"It seems to dance, Father. All living creatures must exert their energy."

"Yet this life, this enjoyment, cannot last."

"The moth does not know of death."

"So it believes itself to be immortal?"

"The concept of immortality does not occur. It is. That is enough. It does not live in time."