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In a series of letters, Robert Walton, the captain of a ship bound for the North Pole, recounts to his sister back in England the progress of his dangerous mission. Successful early on, the mission is soon interrupted by seas full of impassable ice. Trapped, Walton encounters Victor Frankenstein, who has been traveling by dog-drawn sledge ...
- Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley
- 1818
Key Facts about Frankenstein. Full Title: Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus. When Published: 1818. Literary Period: Switzerland and London, England: 1816–1817. Genre: Gothic novel. Setting: Switzerland, France, England, Scotland, and the North Pole in the 18th century. Climax: The Monster's murder of Elizabeth Lavenza on her wedding ...
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