Opens with 'You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings.' Sets up the epistolary frame and Walton's polar ambition.
Read in Books4Free →Walton laments 'I have no friend, Margaret,' establishing the theme of isolation that mirrors both Victor and the Creature.
Read in Books4Free →Walton rescues Victor from the ice and Victor begins his tale; the reader first glimpses the Creature on the sledge across the frozen sea.
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