- Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831.
Frankenstein Complete Text
Frankenstein e-text contains the full text of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.
Frankenstein e-text contains the full text of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.
The Question and Answer section for Frankenstein is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
This is from the point of view of the creature who seems to think the cottagers are somehow his friends and will take sympathy on him. This, however, will not be the case.
R. Walton wrote the above quote to his sister, Mrs. Saville, in a letter dated St. Petersburgh, Dec. 11th, 17—.
The encounter between Victor and his creature is charged with Biblical allusions: like Adam, the creature has been forsaken by his creator. For him, Frankenstein occupies the position of the Christian god. The creature is also subtly aligned with...