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Letter 1

The novel begins with a letter from explorer Robert Walton. The letter is for his sister Margaret

Soville. Robert has a passion for seafaring. He is on a voyage to the North Pole. He tells his

sister that he is preparing to lead up to his departure.

Letter 2 & 3

In the second letter, Walton bemoans his lack of friends. He feels lonely and isolated, too

sophisticated to find comfort in his shipmates and too uneducated to find a sensitive soul with

whom to share his dreams. He shows himself a Romantic, with his “love for the marvellous, a

belief in the marvellous,” which pushes him along the perilous, lonely pathway he has chosen. In

the brief third letter, Walton tells his sister that his ship has set sail and that he has full

confidence that he will achieve his aim.

Letter 4

In the fourth letter, the ship stalls between huge sheets of ice, and Walton and his men spot a

sledge guided by a gigantic creature about half a mile away. The next morning, they encounter

another sledge stranded on an ice floe. All but one of the dogs drawing the sledge is dead, and

the man on the sledge—not the man seen the night before—is emaciated, weak, and starving.

Despite his condition, the man refuses to board the ship until Walton tells him that it is heading

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north. The stranger spends two days recovering, nursed by the crew, before he can speak. The

crew is burning with curiosity, but Walton, aware of the man’s still-fragile state, prevents his

men from burdening the stranger with questions. As time passes, Walton and the stranger

become friends, and the stranger eventually consents to tell Walton his story.

Chapter 1

The strange man is Victor Frankenstein. He starts the narration in the novel. He starts

wish his family childhood and his background. He told Walton about his mother Caroline and

his father Alphonso. Also he told Walton that his father is his mother protector and that they

married two years after. Victor was born. Now Victor starts talking about Elizabeth lavenza.

Elizabeth mother died when she was 4 years old. Elizabeth is adopted into the Frankenstein

family. In the revised version, Elizabeth is discovered by Caroline, on a trip to Italy, when Victor

is about five years old. While visiting a poor Italian family, Caroline notices a beautiful blonde

girl among the dark-haired Italian children; upon discovering that Elizabeth is the orphaned

daughter of a Milanese nobleman and a German woman and that the Italian family can barely

afford to feed her, Caroline adopts Elizabeth and brings her back to Geneva. Victor’s mother

decides at the moment of the adoption that Elizabeth and Victor should someday marry.

Chapter 2

Elizabeth and Victor grow up together as best friends. Victor’s friendship with Henry

Clerval, a schoolmate and only child, flourishes as well, and he spends his childhood happily

surrounded by this close domestic circle. As a teenager, Victor becomes increasingly fascinated

by the mysteries of the natural world. He chances upon a book by Cornelius Agrippa, a

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sixteenth-century scholar of the occult sciences, and becomes interested in natural philosophy.

He studies the outdated findings of the alchemists Agrippa, Paracelsus, and Albertus Magnus

with enthusiasm. He witnesses the destructive power of nature when, during a raging storm,

lightning destroys a tree near his house. A modern natural philosopher accompanying the

Frankenstein family explains to Victor the workings of electricity, making the ideas of the

alchemists seem outdated and worthless.

Chapter 3

At the age of seventeen, Victor leaves his family in Geneva to attend the university at

Ingolstadt. Just before Victor departs, his mother catches scarlet fever from Elizabeth, whom she

has been nursing back to health, and dies. On her deathbed, she begs Elizabeth and Victor to

marry. Several weeks later, still grieving, Victor goes off to Ingolstadt. Arriving at the university,

he finds quarters in the town and sets up a meeting with a professor of natural philosophy, M.

Krempe. Krempe tells Victor that all the time that Victor has spent studying the alchemists has

been wasted, further souring Victor on the study of natural philosophy. He then attends a lecture

in chemistry by a professor named Waldman. This lecture, along with a subsequent meeting with

the professor, convinces Victor to pursue his studies in the sciences.

Chapter 4

Victor attacks his studies with

enthusiasm and, ignoring his social life

and his family far away in Geneva, makes

rapid progress. Fascinated by the mystery

of the creation of life, he begins to study

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how the human body is built and how it falls apart. After several years of tireless work, he

masters all that his professors have to teach him, and he goes one step further: discovering the

secret of life. Privately, hidden away in his apartment where no one can see him work, he

decides to begin the construction of an animate creature, envisioning the creation of a new race

of wonderful beings. Zealously devoting himself to this labor, he neglects everything else family,

friends, studies, and social life and grows increasingly pale, lonely, and obsessed.

Chapter 5

One stormy night, after months of labor, Victor completes his creation. But when he

brings it to life, its awful appearance horrifies him. He rushes to the next room and tries to sleep,

but he is troubled by nightmares about

Elizabeth and his mother’s corpse. He

wakes to discover the monster looming

over his bed with a grotesque smile and

rushes out of the house. He spends the

night pacing in his courtyard. The next

morning, he goes walking in the town of

Ingolstadt, frantically avoiding a return to his now-haunted apartment.

As he walks by the town inn, Victor comes across his friend Henry Clerval, who has just

arrived to begin studying at the university. Delighted to see Henry a breath of fresh air and a

reminder of his family after so many months of isolation and ill health he brings him back to his

apartment. Victor enters first and is relieved to find no sign of the monster. But, weakened by

months of work and shock at the horrific being he has created, he immediately falls ill with a

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nervous fever that lasts several months. Henry nurses him back to health and, when Victor has

recovered, gives him a letter from Elizabeth that had arrived during his illness.

Chapter 6

Elizabeth’s letter expresses her concern about Victor’s illness and entreats him to write to

his family in Geneva as soon as he can. She also tells him that Justine Moritz, a girl who used to

live with the Frankenstein family, has returned to their house following her mother’s death. After

Victor has recovered, he introduces Henry, who is studying Oriental languages, to the professors

at the university. The task is painful, however, since the sight of any chemical instrument

worsens Victor’s symptoms; even speaking to his professors torments him. He decides to return

to Geneva and awaits a letter from his father specifying the date of his departure. Meanwhile, he

and Henry take a walking tour through the country, uplifting their spirits with the beauties of

nature.

Chapter 7

On their way back to the university, Victor receives a letter from his father. The letter

states that Victor’s brother, William, has been murdered. Depressed about the news, Victor

immediately heads to Geneva. By the time he gets to Geneva, night has fallen and the gates to

get into Geneva are shut. As a result, Victor spends his evening walking in the woods around the

outskirts of town. Victor walks to the spot where his brother’s body was found. As he walks to

the spot, he sees the creature lurking around.

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Victor is convinced that his creation was responsible for his brother’s death. When victor

returns home, he hears that Justine is accused for the murder. After the discovery of the body, a

servant had found in Justine’s pocket a picture of Caroline Frankenstein last seen in William’s

possession. Victor proclaims Justine’s innocence, but the evidence against her is too strong and

Victor refuses to explain himself for fear that he will be labeled insane.

Chapter 8

Justine confesses to the crime, believing that she would gain salvation, but tells Elizabeth

and Victor that she is innocent and miserable. They remain convinced of her innocence, but

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Justine is soon executed. Victor becomes consumed with guilt; knowing that the monster he

created has now caused the deaths of two members of his family.

Chapter 9

After Justine’s execution, Victor becomes increasingly depressed. He considers suicide

but stops himself by thinking of Elizabeth and his father. Alphonse, hoping to cheer up his son,

takes his children on a trip to the family home at Belrive. From there, Victor wanders alone

toward the valley of Chamounix. The beautiful scenery cheers him somewhat, but he is still

depressed about the incident.

Chapter 10

One rainy day, Victor wakes up still depressed. He decides to travel to the summit of

Montanvert, hoping that the view of a pure, eternal, beautiful natural scene will revive his spirits.

When he reaches the glacier at the top, he is momentarily consoled by the spectacle. As he

crosses to the opposite side of the glacier, however, he spots a creature coming toward him at

incredible speed. At closer

range, he recognizes clearly

the irregular shape of the

monster. He issues futile

threats of attack to the

monster, whose enormous

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strength and speed allow him to elude Victor easily. Victor curses him and tells him to go away,

but the monster, speaking eloquently, persuades him to accompany him to a fire in a cave of ice.

Inside the cave, the monster begins to narrate the events of his life.

Chapter 11

Sitting by the fire in his hut, the monster tells Victor of the confusion that he experienced

upon being created. He describes his flight from Victor’s apartment into the wilderness and his

gradual acclimation to the world through his discovery of the sensations of light, dark, hunger,

thirst, and cold. According to his story, one day he finds a fire and is pleased at the warmth it

creates, but he becomes scared when he burns himself on the hot embers. He realizes that he can

keep the fire alive by adding wood, and that the fire is good not only for heat and warmth but

also for making food more edible.

In search of food, the monster finds a hut and enters it. His presence causes an old man

inside to shriek and run away in fear. The monster proceeds to a village, where more people flee

at the sight of him. As a result of these incidents, he resolves to stay away from humans. One

night he takes refuge in a small hovel adjacent to a cottage. In the morning, he discovers that he

can see into the cottage through a crack in the wall and observes that the occupants are a young

man, a young woman, and an old man.

Chapter 12

Observing his neighbors for an extended period of time, the monster notices that they

often seem unhappy, though he is unsure why. He eventually realizes, however, that their despair

results from their poverty, to which he has been contributing by stealing their food. Torn by his

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guilty conscience, he stops stealing their food and does what he can to reduce their hardship,

gathering wood at night to leave at the door for their use.

The monster becomes aware that his neighbors are able to communicate with each other

using strange sounds. Vowing to learn their language, he tries to match the sounds they make

with the actions they perform. He acquires a basic knowledge of the language, including the

names of the young man and woman, Felix and Agatha. He admires their graceful forms and is

shocked by his ugliness when he catches sight of his reflection in a pool of water. He spends the

whole winter in the hovel, unobserved and well protected from the elements, and grows

increasingly affectionate toward his unwitting hosts.

Chapter 13

As winter turns into spring, the monster notices that the cottagers, particularly Felix,

seem unhappy. A beautiful woman in a dark dress and veil arrives at the cottage on horseback

and asks to see Felix. Felix becomes ecstatic the moment he sees her. The woman, who does not

speak the language of the cottagers, is named Safie. She moves into the cottage, and the mood of

the household immediately brightens. As Safie learns the language of the cottagers, so does the

monster. He also learns to read, and, since Felix uses “Constantin-François de Volney’s Ruins of

Empires” to instruct Safie, he learns a bit of world history in the process. Now able to speak and

understand the language perfectly, the monster learns about human society by listening to the

cottagers’ conversations. Reflecting on his own situation, he realizes that he is deformed and

alone. “Was I then a monster,” he asks, “a blot upon the earth, from which all men fled, and

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whom all men disowned?” He also learns about the pleasures and obligations of the family and

of human relations in general, which deepens the agony of his own isolation.

Chapter 14

Felix was unhappy souls who sat and listen to his father play music on the guitar. A

beautiful woman, with an equally beautiful voice, rode to the cottage in a dark suit covered with

a vale. The woman was named Safie. Safie could not speak the language of the cottagers, so

Felix taught it to her. As Safie learned the native language so did the monster. Also, the monster

learned to read and some of the history of the cottages. Because the monster became more

educated he realized how alone he was and the importance of family. This added to his negative

feelings about isolationism. Safie’s father was sentenced to death in a Turkish prison because he

was falsely convicted of a crime. In the book Frankenstein it is said that he was condemned to

death because of his wealth and religion. Felix was present at the trial and saw everything that

had transpired. Felix promised that he would help him escape. Once Felix came up with a

successful plan his plot was discovered. Felix his father De Lacey and his sister Agatha were all

barred from France, and their wealth was taken away. Safie wanted to marry a European so she

would not be enslaved in Turkey, but the plan failed and Felix was barred, the Turks were trying

to force Safie into slavery. Somehow Safie managed to escape with some money, and she knew

where Felix was. . Leghorn (Safie’s Father) told Safie to leave Felix because he no longer had

his riches. She and a girl who understood the Turkish language set off for Germany. Once she

arrived in the town the girl who was her attendant became very sick. Safie nursed her best she

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could but the girl died anyway. Now Safie was all alone in an unknown territory where she

could not understand the language. She got lucky because she stumbled upon some Italians that

took care of her and made sure she would make it to the home of her lover.

Chapter 15

One night the monster was looking for food in the woods around cottages and he

stumbled upon a satchel with books inside it. The monster was lucky because the books just

happen to be written in the language he acquired at the cottage. The books were called “Paradise

Lost” and “The Sorrows of Werter. The monster thoroughly enjoyed these books. “Paradise

Lost” had the biggest effect on him. He read the book as if it were true but in actuality in was

fictional. As the monster read the book he felt that much of the things that happen in the book

are the same things that happen in his life. The monster decided to go through the pockets of the

clothes he stole from Victor Frankenstein. He found some old notes that tell how he was created,

and the notes tell how his creator helps him. The monster unpleased by his findings decides to

come up with a plan to introduce himself to the cottagers. He hopes the people in the cottage

will accept him and see how nice he really is. One day Agatha, Felix, and Safie went for a long

walk through the country, and the old man was left at the cottage by himself. While the old man

sat in the house by himself and played songs on the guitar, the monster decided to go through

with his plan, but he fainted. The monster got up and knocked on the door. He told the old man

he was a traveler who wanted a little rest. De Lacy tells him to enter and he tells him that he

cannot serve him food or a drink because he blind. The monster begins to tell him about how he

had no friends and no one knew anything about him. While the monster was at the cottage Felix,

Agatha and Safie returned. When they walked in the cottage they were horrified. Agatha fainted

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and Safie ran out the apartment. Felix

snatched the monster away from his

father and struck him repeatedly with a

stick. The monster could not overcome

the pain of the stick so he left the cottage.

Chapter 16

Later that day as the monster walked through the woods he noticed a girl had fallen into

the river. He rushed to her rescue but he was shot because the people believed he attacked the

girl. On account of the incidents that have occurred the monster promised he would get revenge

on any human being he saw. The monster was walking toward Geneva and came in contact with

a boy who said his father was Frankenstein. The monster became furious and strangled the boy

to death. Justin Moritz was later executed for the murder of William Frankenstein.

Chapter 17

Later, the monster found his creator Victor. The monster told Victor of his problems

and demanded he create a woman as hideous as he is. Victor was skeptical at first but eventually

agreed to do it because he felt a sense of responsibility for the monster. The monster also

consented that him and his companion would never be seem by another human. Victor is

supposed to marry Elizabeth but he wants to fulfill the monsters wishes first.

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Chapter 18

Victor travels through England with Henry Clerval to gather information. Victors

constantly thought about the monster. He feared the monster reaction if he did keep his

promise. Victor realize he needed a lot of time to create a female companion. Victor knew he

had to plan away to be alone. He reassured his father that he was healthy and that he loved

Elizabeth. Then he told his father of his wishes to journey to England. Victor lied to his

father, because that was the only way he could secretly get away to fulfill his promise, so the

monster could depart forever.

Chapter 19

Victor cuts the trip short becomes eager to start his work. Victor goes to a remote island

in the Orkneys where he sets up a laboratory in a small cabin. Victor works hard at times, but it

is also hard for him to work at times. The thought of him creating another monster like the one

he already has does not sit right with him. Victor thinks about what could happen if the creation

doesn’t act right. The woman might reject the monster or she might be twice as evil as he is.

Chapter 20

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Now that the hut was liveable, Frankenstein setup his laboratory. He laid out his

chemicals, glass tubes, jar, wire, scalpels and other tools. He assembled the instruments, but left

two large chest unopened. After weeks of setting up his laboratory, it was finally complete.

Frankenstein was still really troubled about what he was about to do. He reflected on

what he had created three years ago. He looked solemnly and sighed. He was about to create

another creature who could be as barbaric as the first one. Frankenstein decided he must do

it. The next morning he began to work. Many months went by. As the creature began to

form, the legs and arms were very large. The entire body was proportionally large.

Frankenstein became over worked.

After taking a break, Frankenstein heard a hollow laugh. He soon realized the monster

had been watching him. Victor destroys the project and enrages the monster in the process

because he broke his promise. The monster swears he will get revenge on victors wedding night.

Victor received a letter from Henry who suggested that they continue their travels together.

Victor agreed but first he had to clean his lab. He packs all his chemicals and tool into a bag.

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He then rows out to the

middle of the ocean and

dump the remains of his

project. Victor could

now rest so he took a

nap in the boat. Once he

woke up he realized that

the he could not return to

shore because the winds

were pushing him farther and farther into the ocean. Victor eventually came to a shore but he

did not know where he was. Once he got off of the boat he learned he was a suspect in a murder

that happened the night before.

Chapter 21

Soon enough Victor was introduced to town’s magistrate. Six selected men came forth

and questioned his late night fishing. The townspeople started to complain and became

suspicious of Frankenstein’s activity at night. Townspeople had all kinds of observations. A man

body was discovered, it appeared that he was strangled. The body was taken into a woman’s

house.

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After Mr. Kirwin, the magistrate, heard all of the evidence, Frankenstein was taken to

view the corpse. Frankenstein became upset to discover it was his long time friend, Henry

Clerval. In a state of shock, Victor became ill for two months. While laying there, Victor called

himself the murderer of William, Justine, and Clerval. During his recovery, Frankenstein finds

himself in a prison. Mr. Kirwin visited Frankenstein showing him extreme kindness by

providing him with a physician and a nurse.

Mr. Kirwin reported to Frankenstein that he had a visitor. Frankenstein feared that the

visitor was the monster coming to cause him more misery, but turned out to be his very own

father. Victor is overjoyed. His father stays until Victor is proved to be innocent of Henry’s

murder. Victor was proven to be innocent. Shortly after his release, Victor traveled to Geneva

with his father.

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Chapter 22

On their voyage home, Victor and his father stop in Paris. Victor recovers his strength

during the stop. His father’s care and attention was great, but he had no idea of the origin of his

pain. Victor avoided a explanation of his sickness. Briefly before leaving Paris, Victor receives a

letter from his love, Elizabeth. She worries about Victor’s health and wonders if he has found

another lover. Victor says she is the cause of his happiness. Elizabeth’s letter reminds him of the

monsters threat. He believes the monster intends to attack him on his wedding night. Victor

plans to fight back. Whoever is demolished; his misery will finally come to a end. Victor and his

father arrive home, in Geneva. They plan for the wedding of Elizabeth and Victor. He has a

horrible secret to tell his fiancé after their wedding night. The wedding day comes near, the

pressure grows upon Victor’s confrontation with the monster. At last the wedding occurs, the

wedded couple departs to a cottage for the night.

Chapter 23

Victor and his wife arrived at the shore. They went to the inn. Although it was night, we

looked at the beautiful scenery. As the night settled, Victor became more terrified. My wife ask

me about my fear. But I assured her that everything would be alright. It was just this night was

dreadful. When my wife went to bed, I purposely did not join her. I walked through the inn to

look for my enemy. I heard a scream. I rushed to Elizabeth.

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It was too late, she laid there lifeless.

I fainted. When I awoke, she had the

murderous mark of the monster’s grasp

on her neck. I ran to window and fired

my gun at the monster.

We hopelessly looked for the

monster. After hours of searching, Frankenstein returned to the inn consumed with grief. The

grief turned to rage. Frankenstein wanted his revenge on the monster. Frankenstein returned to

Geneva to report his devastating loss to his father. His father went into a state of shock, then

suddenly died within a few days.

Chapter 24

Revenge alone gave me strength. Not having my beloved wife, I wanted to leave

Geneva forever. I prayed for death, but my enemy kept me alive. I had constant thoughts of

revenge on the monster. After wandering for hours, I found myself at the graves of William,

Elizabeth and my father. I decided I would live because my enemy lives. This is the only way

I will have a chance to destroy him. One late night , I heard the monster’s terrifying chuckle.

This inspired Frankenstein’s search for the monster. He checked all the rivers, but the monster

aluded the trails. Frankenstein continued his search into the server cold weather. Frankenstein

even acquired a sledge and dogs to give him an advantage over the beast. He found that the

monster reached the beach with heavy armory. Inhabitants accurately described the monster.

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Upon hearing that information, Frankenstein felt the monster escaped him, but he still pursued

the monster by trading his land sled for another sled to travel across the frozen ocean. He

departed on his journey, but for three weeks the monster was unseen. One day, suddenly, he saw

the monster in the distance. Suddenly the ice cracked and split into two pieces. The monster and

Frankenstein slowly drifted away from each other. Frankenstein was eventually rescued by a

passing ship. His health was failing. He would die without gaining vengeance on his enemy.

Frankenstein made Walton swear to continue looking for the monster that had bestowed so much

grief on his life.

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