Mary Shelly "Frankenstein" (1)

Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
About the Author
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English romantic/ gothic novelist. She was born in Somers Town, London. Mary received an excellent education, which was unusual for girls at the time. She never went to school, but she was taught to read and write by her housekeeper and her father . She was married to a romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. She began writing “Frankenstein” when she was only eighteen and it had conceived from a nightmare . Mary died, aged 54, at Chester Square in London, England. She was buried in St. Peter’s churchyard in Bournemouth, Dorset, England.
The Book
The story begins in a vessel in the North Pole where captain Robert Walton was on a voyage of discovery. Suddenly he saw a man and he was Victor Frankenstein. Victor was very ill and he started to tell Robert about his miserable life.
Victor lived with his family in Switzerland. When Victor was a child , he wanted to learn the hidden laws of nature , the secrets of heaven and earth. When he became older, he went to study in Ingolstadt where he began creating a monster . At first he was excited but when the creature started breathing, he realised that it was a big mistake. The monster ran away and started to explore life.
In time he learned how to use fire and how to talk . He wanted to communicate with people but they threw rocks at him and wanted to kill him. He was lonely and soon he became angry at everyone. At first he killed Victor’s brother . After hearing that Victor went back to Switzerland. He was certain that the killer was the monster. He was devastated and went to the mountains to calm down. There he met the creature. He told Victor what he had done in the meanwhile . He confessed killing Victor’s brother. The monster also demanded that Victor created a female monster so that he could be with her. At first Victor agreed and he started to make her but later he realised it was wrong and he stopped. The monster threatened that somerhing bad would happen on Victor’s wedding day.
Victor was going to marry Elizabeth but on their wedding night the creature killed her. Victor swore vengeance and he started to follow the creature. The creature escaped to the North Pole and that’s how Victor got to the vessel. Victor got very ill and eventually he died.
I quite liked the novel , although it was very hard to read because it had very many unknown words. Some words weren’t even in a dictionary. The creature was sometimes called a fiend and a wretch. It’s a tragic and a sad book about a creature who had no purpose in life. I would recommend it to everybody who enjoys science fiction and tragic books.