Frankenstein

What does the word "torpor" mean in the following context?:

"but my general state of being was a torpor, in which a prison was as welcom a residence as the divinest scene in nature"?

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Torpor - a state of mental and physical lethargy, almost partial insensibility. A state of apathy and fatigue.

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