Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 The Icy North 4 CHAPTER 2 Frankenstein’s Story 9 CHAPTER 3 The Creation 12 CHAPTER 4 The Creature 18 CHAPTER 5 Fever and Failure 25 CHAPTER 6 Murder 32 CHAPTER 7 Home Again 39 CHAPTER 8 No Justice 46 CHAPTER 9 The Mountain 54 CHAPTER 10 The Monster’s Story 62 CHAPTER 11 The Monster’s Demands 70 CHAPTER 12 A Proposal 77 CHAPTER 13 Back to the Graveyard 85 CHAPTER 14 Prison 92 CHAPTER 15 The Wedding 98 CHAPTER 16 A Final Vow 105 CHAPTER 17 Captain Walton 109
chapter 1 The Icy North I stand on the deck looking out The white snow and ice crystals are blinding Our ship is stuck as we’re trapped here in a glacier It is my own fault It was I who wanted this journey I craved so badly to see land that very few men have seen So we sailed north The air grew colder but I continued on The icebergs we passed grew wider and taller like small castles peeking out of the ocean But we sailed through ignoring the danger Several of the crewmen wanted to turn back We must return to England while we can they begged But I refused to listen I needed to see more And now because of me the ship is wedged in ice We can go no farther 4
As I stand here the freezing arctic wind burns my face I’ve never been so cold And not just from the chilly air but also from fear Will we die up here One of my crewmen approaches Captain Walton please he said What shall we do I hang my head not knowing what to tell him They look to me for answers but I have none Then I hear a yell Come quickly We move toward the voice Look A crewman points over the side of the ship What is that he asks I lean over the railing to see There is a bundle of wet fur lying on a large nugget of ice I see broken pieces of a dogsled beside it But underneath all that fur I make out the shape of a man Hurry I shout Bring him up Several men climb down to rescue this odd stranger And with great care we lay him down on a cot below where it is warm 5
