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The Mortal Immortal
Mary Shelley · 1833short story
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"The Mortal Immortal" is a short story from 1833 written by Mary Shelley. It tells the story of a man named Winzy, who drinks an elixir which makes him immortal. At first, immortality appears to promise him eternal tranquility. However, it soon becomes apparent that he is cursed to endure eternal psychological torture, as everything he loves dies around him.
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- contained in A Century of Thrillers: From Poe to Arlenanthology
- contained in Century of Thrillersanthology
- contained in Classic Science Fiction Storiesanthology
- contained in Collected Tales and Stories with Original Engravingscollection
- contained in Frankenstein and Others: The Complete Weird Fiction of Mary Shelleycollection
- contained in Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus & Other Talescollection
- contained in HorrorBabble's Classic Horror: Volume 3anthology
- contained in Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Centuryanthology
- contained in More Tales of Terror and Surpriseanthology
- contained in Mothers of Horroranthology
- contained in Strange Stories of the Supernaturalanthology
- contained in Tales of Imagination and Suspenseanthology
- contained in The Classic Horror Collectionanthology
- contained in The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Mary Shelley: Volume 1omnibus
- contained in The Invisible Girl and Other Storiescollection
- contained in The Mary Shelley Readeromnibus
- contained in The Mortal Immortal: The Complete Supernatural Short Fictioncollection
- contained in The Short Stories of Mary Shelleycollection
- contained in Vampiresanthology