About this story
What Victor Frankenstein tells the captain fills the story: a student who found out how to start life, and the eight-foot creature he refused to look at twice. This follows the raw 1818 text, before later editions softened its edges. You listen as Captain Walton — and before the end, the creature will stand in your cabin.
Who you’ll meet
Victor Frankenstein - the haunted young natural philosopher the reader (Walton's correspondent) comes to know, with his Creature's shadow never far.
How it opens
On 11 December, snow pressed white against the lodging-house windows.
Your lamp stood beside a letter addressed to your sister in England.
CourierThe runners are already hissing over the packed street.
CourierThe northern post closes when the bells finish.
Choose
The letter will be ready before then.
One honest sentence remains to be written.
Tell them to hold my packet.