Quote  Category: Miser “I beheld the wretch—the miserable monster whom I had created.” - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851) Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus, 1818 - nee Godwin English novelist, author of Frankenstein, 2nd wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Email this quote to a friend! If there is an error in this quote please let us know. Famous Quotes © ® All rights reserved.