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Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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On an Arctic expedition, Robert Walton encounters Victor Frankenstein and records his extraordinary account. Victor describes a consuming pursuit of knowledge that leads him to create a living being, then recoil from it. The creature’s own story challenges Victor’s account as abandonment and retaliation draw creator and creation into conflict.

28 sections75,021 wordsAbout 5 h 41 min
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About Frankenstein

The nested narratives prevent any one speaker from owning the whole moral argument. Walton admires ambition, Victor remembers catastrophe, and the creature demands that his suffering be heard. Their accounts connect the wish to achieve something unprecedented with the responsibilities that follow achievement. Pay attention to scenes of reading, education, and rejected companionship: the creature’s development makes the consequences of neglect as important as the initial act of creation.

Reading focus

Compare the voices of Walton, Victor, and the creature to examine ambition, rejected companionship, and responsibility for a life brought into being.

This reading edition contains 75,021 words in 28 original sections. Read the text online with adjustable type and three colour themes, or keep a printable PDF.

Author: Mary Shelley. Language: English. Reading edition: 28 October 2026.

Opening excerpt

To Mrs. Saville, England.

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Contents

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  1. Letter 16 min
  2. Letter 26 min
  3. Letter 32 min
  4. Letter 413 min
  5. Chapter 19 min
  6. Chapter 211 min
  7. Chapter 313 min
  8. Chapter 412 min
  9. Chapter 511 min
  10. Chapter 613 min
  11. Chapter 717 min
  12. Chapter 815 min
  13. Chapter 911 min
  14. Chapter 1011 min
  15. Chapter 1114 min
  16. Chapter 1210 min
  17. Chapter 1310 min
  18. Chapter 149 min
  19. Chapter 1514 min
  20. Chapter 1615 min
  21. Chapter 179 min
  22. Chapter 1813 min
  23. Chapter 1912 min
  24. Chapter 2017 min
  25. Chapter 2117 min
  26. Chapter 2216 min
  27. Chapter 2312 min
  28. Chapter 2438 min

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