Chapters 1-6

In a series of letters, to pass the time and keep in touch, Robert Walton, the captain of
a ship direct to the North Pole, tells to his sister, Margaret, the story of his dangerous
mission. Everything seems to be going right, but probably something bad will happen
soon. Trapped, Walton meets Victor Frankenstein: Victor traveled with dog sled on the
ice and he is weakened by the cold. So the crew brings the new guy on board the ship,
rubs his body with brandy (un liquore), and gets him drunk to warm him up. So Victor
tells his story: first describes his life in Geneva. At the end of happy childhood spent in
the company of Elisabeth Lavenza and friend Henry Clerval, Victor moved to
Ingolstadt, where he attended the university, and studied chemistry and natural
philosophy. The first tragedy of his life is the death of his beloved mother, who had
cared for Elisabeth. Victor, who had previously read the works of the ancient
alchemists and outdated, in Ingolstadt, learn about modern science and, in a few
years, assimilates everything from his professors, but he continues to combine the
advances of science contemporary with some of the ancient scholars dreams.
Consumed from the desire to discover the secret of life, and after several years of
research, he discovered a way to create a human being, but he does not reveal this
secret at Walton, who is listening his story, because he doesnt want that none repeat
his same mistakes. After spending a period of frantic and stubborn studies, Victor
spends several months to shape a creature, using parts of several corpses. One night,
in the privacy of his apartment, he brings to life his creation. However, when he looks
at the monstrosity that has created, the show makes him shiver of horror. After a
restless night by horrendous dreams and interrupted by Monster specter hanging over
him, he runs through the streets, overwhelmed by remorse. Victor meets Henry, who
came to study at university, and takes his friend in his apartment. Even if the monster
has escaped, Victor falls in fear. Disgusted by his horrible act, Victor is preparing to
return to Geneva, from his family, even to recover health.
Chapters 7-14
Just before to depart from Ingolstadt, however, he receives a letter from his father
informing him that his younger brother, William, was murdered. Grieved, Victor is
quick to return at home. While he goes through the woods in which William was killed,
he sees the monster and he becomes convinced that the monster is his brother's
murderer. Victor arrived in Geneva. He believes that Justine Moritz, a kind and sweet
girl who had been adopted by the Frankenstein family, has been wrongly accused.
Despite this, Justine is accused, convicted and executed, despite her claims of
innocence. Victor feels increasingly depressed and guilty, knowing that the monster he
created is responsible for the deaths of two innocent loved ones. Hoping to ease his
pain, Victor takes a mountain vacation. While he is alone, one day, crossing a huge
glacier, the monster approaches him. The monster admits murder of William, but begs
understanding. Alone and abandoned, he says that struck William in a desperate
attempt to afflict Victor, his cruel creator. The monster asks Victor to make for him a
life partner, a "feminine" monster equally grotesque, with the sole purpose to keep
him company, so that he is no more alone.
Chapters 15-20
Victor refuses at first, because he is appalled by the prospect of creating a second
monster, but the monster is determined and convincing, and eventually he forced
Victor to do what he asked. After the return to Geneva, Victor, with Henry, lefts for
England to collect more information and scientific knowledge for the creation of a
monster-female. Leaving Henry in Scotland, he takes refuge on a desolate island in the
Orkneys and he works reluctantly to repeat his first experiment. One night, as he is
hits by doubts about the morality of his actions, Victor sees out the window the
monster: he stare at him with a scary grin. Horrified by the possible consequences of
his work, Victor destroys his new creation. The monster, enraged, vows revenge, he
swears that he will be with Victor in the first wedding night. Later, at night, Victor
takes a boat on a lake and he unloads the remains of the second creature in the water.
The wind raises and prevents Victor to return at the island. In the morning, he finds
himself on the ground next to a strange city. On his arrival in this town, he is arrested
and informed that he will be tried for a murder discovered the previous night.
Chapters 21-24
Victor denies the crime, but when he was shown the body, he is shocked to see his
friend Henry Clerval, with the sign of the monster's fingers on the neck.For
investigators, the Victor reaction seems to confirm the theory that he is the
murderess.In prison, Victor gets sick, he goes into a feverish and delirious state, and
he is held in prison until his recovery, after which, in the absence of evidence, he is
acquitted of the crime. Shortly after the return to Geneva by his father, Victor married
Elizabeth. He feared the warning of the monster and he suspected of being murdered
during their wedding night. As a precaution, he sends Elizabeth away, waiting alone
the monster. But while waiting, he hears Elizabeth to scream and he realizes that the
monster had deceived him, because his aim was not to kill Victor, but his new bride.
Victor comes home from his father, who died shortly afterwards: another victim of the
violence unleashed by the monster. Victor promises to devote the rest of his life in
search of the monster, to consume his revenge, and he leaves soon to begin his
search. Victor chases the monster, fleeing towards the north and the Arctic
permafrost. In a chase on dog sledding, Victor was close to the monster, but the sea
below them swells and the ice breaks, leaving an unbridgeable gap between them. At
this point, Walton meets Victor, and the narrative reaches at the time of the fourth
letter of Walton to her sister. Walton tells the rest of the story in another series of
letters to his sister. Victor gets worse and dies shortly after. While Walton directs the
ship to the south, a few days later, in the room where is sets the body of Victor, he is
surprised to see the monster that weeps on Victor corpse. The monster tells to Walton
of his immense loneliness, of the suffering, of the mixed feelings that filled her heart:
before the hate, and then the remorse. He says that, now that its creator is dead, he
also is able to end his suffering. The monster then part for northern ice to die alone
and desperate, as he has always lived, ever since Victor has kindled in him the spark
of life.