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Robert Walton meets Victor Frankenstein, who begins to tell him the story of his life and his invention of the creature. This establishes a story within a story. Deeper still, within Frankenstein’s story, the creature also narrates his own version of events.
- Chapter X
Shelley’s description of the landscape of the Swiss Alps is...
- Chapter II
Sir Issac Newton (1642–1726) was an English mathematician,...
- Chapter IX
Frankenstein’s guilt has affected him so strongly that he...
- Chapter VIII
Frankenstein, your son, your kinsman, your early, much-loved...
- Preface
At the time of the novel’s publication in 1818, science...
- Letter II
The two characters are mirror images of each other at the...
- Letter III
To Mrs. Saville, England. July 7 th, 17—.. MY DEAR SISTER,—I...
- Chapter VI
Justine’s reaction to the deaths of her family members...
- Chapter X
- I am by birth a Genevese, and my family is one of the most distinguished of that republic. My ancestors had been for many years counsellors and syndics, and my father had filled several public situations with honour and reputation.
- We were brought up together; there was not quite a year difference in our ages. I need not say that we were strangers to any species of disunion or dispute.
- When I had attained the age of seventeen my parents resolved that I should become a student at the university of Ingolstadt. I had hitherto attended the schools of Geneva, but my father thought it necessary for the completion of my education that I should be made acquainted with other customs than those of my native country.
- From this day natural philosophy, and particularly chemistry, in the most comprehensive sense of the term, became nearly my sole occupation. I read with ardour those works, so full of genius and discrimination, which modern inquirers have written on these subjects.
You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings. I arrived here yesterday, and my first task is to assure my dear sister of my welfare and increasing confidence in the success of my undertaking.
In this first chapter, Frankenstein establishes the behaviors of good parents. He makes a point of illustrating parenthood as an obligation towards one’s child because one has brought this child into the world. Frankenstein seems to admire his parents’ devotion to him and his upbringing.
FRANKENSTEIN, OU LE PROMÉTHÉE MODERNE. DÉDIÉ A WILLIAM GODWIN, AUTEUR DE LA JUSTICE POLITIQUE, DE CALEB WILLIAMS, etc. Par M me SHELLY, sa nièce. TRADUIT DE L'ANGLAIS PAR J. S.*** Créateur, t'ai-je demandé de me tirer de l'argile pour me faire homme? T'ai-je sollicité de m'arracher du néant? MILTON, Paradis perdu. TOME PREMIER PARIS,
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Mar 9, 2003 · with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org. ** This is a COPYRIGHTED Project Gutenberg eBook, Details Below **. ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. **. Title: Frankenstein. Author: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Posting Date: January 2, 2011 [EBook #6542] Release Date: September, 2004. Last Updated: March 9, 2003.
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