Description
The novel begins with explorer Robert Walton looking for
a new passage from Russia to the Pacific Ocean via the Arctic
Ocean. After weeks at sea, the crew of Walton’s ship finds an
emaciated man, Victor Frankenstein, floating on an ice flow
near death. In Walton’s series of letters to his sister in
England, he retells Victor’s tragic story.
Growingup in Geneva, Switzerland, Victor is a precocious
child, quick to learn all new subjects. He is raised with
Elizabeth, an orphan adopted by his family. Victor delights in
the sciences and vows to study science. Victor prepares to
leave for his studies at the University of Ingolstadt, when his
mother and Elizabeth become ill with scarlet fever. Caroline
dies from the disease, and Elizabeth is nursed back to health.
At the university, Victor meets his professors M. Krempe
and M. Waldman. For two years, Victor becomes very
involved with his studies, even impressing his teachers and
fellow students. He devises a plan to re-create and reanimate
a dead body. He uses a combination of chemistry, alchemy
and electricity to make his ambition areality.
Get ready to go through this thrilling horror novel.
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