Chapter 10
Victor ascends Montanvert seeking solace: 'The sea, or rather the vast river of ice... These sublime and magnificent scenes afforded me the greatest consolation.'
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Shelley's landscapes (the Alps, Mont Blanc, the Arctic, the Rhine) function as Romantic sublime settings that both console and dwarf the human characters.
Chapter 9
Valley of Chamounix described in language echoing Percy Shelley's 'Mont Blanc.'
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