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Letter I
Robert Walton writes to his sister Margaret from St. Petersburg, explaining that he is about to set off on a dangerous voyage to the Arctic.
Letter II
Walton writes again, now from Archangel, where he is waiting for conditions to improve before sailing. He expands on his loneliness and describes his ship's master, a man whose se…
Letter III
A short letter. Walton tells Margaret the ship is finally leaving and that he is in good spirits.
Letter IV
This is the letter where everything changes. The ship is stuck in Arctic ice when the crew spots a massive figure on a dogsled in the distance.
Chapter 1
Victor begins his own story. He describes his family background, his father's late marriage to a much younger woman named Caroline, and the adoption of a young orphan girl named E…
Chapter 2
Victor grows up in Geneva, increasingly obsessed with the idea of uncovering the secrets of nature. He stumbles onto the works of alchemists like Cornelius Agrippa and becomes fix…
Chapter 3
Victor leaves Geneva for the University of Ingolstadt after his mother dies from scarlet fever, which she caught nursing Elizabeth through her illness.
Chapter 4
Victor throws himself into his studies at Ingolstadt and makes rapid progress. He becomes fascinated with the question of what causes life and begins spending time in graveyards a…
Chapter 5
Victor finishes the creature and brings it to life on a dreary November night. The moment he sees the creature's yellow eyes open, he is horrified and flees his apartment.
Chapter 6
Victor recovers and reads a letter from Elizabeth that has been waiting for him. She updates him on life in Geneva, including news about Justine Moritz, a servant the Frankenstein…
Chapter 7
Victor receives a letter from his father telling him that his youngest brother William has been murdered. He rushes home to Geneva and, on the outskirts of the city at night, spot…
Chapter 8
Justine is put on trial for William's murder. The evidence against her is circumstantial but damning enough that she eventually confesses under pressure from a priest, hoping for…
Chapter 9
After Justine's execution, Victor falls into deep depression and guilt. The family retreats to their house at Belrive.
Chapter 10
Victor travels into the Alps and climbs to the Mer de Glace glacier, seeking some relief in the grandeur of the landscape.
Chapter 11
The creature takes over as narrator and tells Victor his earliest memories. He describes waking up confused, learning to use his senses, and eventually finding shelter in a forest.
Chapter 12
The creature continues watching the De Lacey family through a crack in the wall of his hovel. He slowly figures out how they communicate and starts to understand language.
Chapter 13
A new character, Safie, arrives at the De Lacey cottage. She is an Arabian woman who does not speak the family's language, and Felix teaches her.
Chapter 14
The creature has now learned enough to piece together the De Lacey family's backstory. Felix was once a respected man in Paris.
Chapter 15
The creature finds a bag of books in the woods and reads them obsessively. He reads a collection of Milton's Paradise Lost, a volume of Plutarch's Lives, and the sorrows of Werthe…
Chapter 16
Felix, Agatha, and Safie return and see the creature with their father. Felix attacks him and drives him away.
Chapter 17
The creature confronts Victor and makes his demand plain: build him a female companion or face continued destruction.
Chapter 18
Victor delays building the female creature for months, dreading the work. His father notices his depression and suggests he marry Elizabeth, hoping it will lift his spirits.
Chapter 19
Victor and Clerval travel through England and Scotland. Victor eventually separates from Clerval and rents a remote cottage on an island in the Orkneys to do his work in secret.
Chapter 20
Victor destroys the half-finished female creature. The first creature watches through a window and sees what Victor has done.
Chapter 21
Victor is held in an Irish prison, sick and delirious, while a magistrate investigates Clerval's murder. Mr.
Chapter 22
Victor recovers slowly from his collapse after Clerval's murder trial. He reunites with his father, who takes him home to Geneva.
Chapter 23
Victor and Elizabeth marry and travel to a lakeside inn for their wedding night. Victor, still expecting the creature to attack him, goes outside to search the grounds while Eliza…
Chapter 24
Victor, having lost everyone, dedicates himself entirely to hunting the creature and destroying it. He visits the graves of William, Elizabeth, and his father, and makes a vow of…
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