The Mortal Immortal by Mary Shelley is a short story by the author of Frankenstein about a man who drinks an elixir that makes him immortal. At first, he thinks that immortality promises him eternal happiness. However, it soon becomes clear that he is cursed to endure eternal psychological torture as everyone he loves dies.

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