~Sebedl, Buy Mary Shelley ey & oa Expres Publishing POPublished by Express Publishing Liberty House, New Greenham Park, [Newbury Bershire RGI9 GEV Tel (0044) 1635 S17 363 ~ Fax: (0044) 1635 817 463 ema: inquires @expresspublishing.co.tk Insp: /aexpresspublishing cok © Blzabeth Gray 2000, First published 2000, Design & Iusration © Esprese Publishing, 2000 Colour Mustrations: Nathan Allrighs reserved, No part ofthis publication may be ‘reproduced, stored ina retrieval system, or wansmied in any form or by ans means electronic, mechanical, photocopsing recording oF otherwise, without the priar permission of the copstight owner, ISBN 181216-376.0 Contents Chapter 1. From Captain Walton's Log Book chapter 2: Frorkenstein Begins his Story chapter 3, rofesior Walemann CChapter 4. The Monstar is Bom chopter 5. i in Pson Chapter 6: Frankenstein Masts the Creature Chapter 7, the Creature's story Chapter 8 the Monster's Wite Chapter 9. The Wedding Chapter 10Mere trom Captain Watton's Log BookSrom Capiain Walion Log Book 2th April 1825, 1.00 hours, on the edge ofthe frozen north, 8 degrees latitude, 81 longitude happened. w said vo myselE Then, ab average size appeared an, by the the h pulled his Inthe giant. Then they both disappeared into the mist as Suddenly as they had appeared out of 25th April 1825, 10.00 hours During the night a storm came fom the south and bi the ice up ino pi ‘must have did inthe Twas ce oie, about gs were Ing dead around him. 5 a |a ext few days. Tam afraid hecan even get out of bed. 1d not have survived the mn keeps bim alive. to hear the whole story in the 1 though, tacit willbe weeks before Hels lucky tobe alive. Most men woul Id Only a deep and mysterious passio Be Srankenstein Begins his Story oer a print fie ° few words, but sl rk ht ey ve days. During that time minute without the (This story Frankenstein faves At times he could 329 This isa swarming to those ‘and take it away.) Swiverfand. [had eversthing [spent my childhood in Geneva a mother who adored me, 1 that acl could if William, who admired me, and a brothers, Ernest an frend, Henty Clerval, who was possibly the most lovi funhful hiend that anyone could hope to have, Lalso hadd a sister gir! my parents adopted izaheth, who was not my'real sister but when she was very young, because her family was too Poor £0 Jook afer her. Elizabeth was four years younger than me although we were like brother and sister, a love grew between tas that was much greater than the love a brother and a sister usually fel foreach other. Finally there was Justine, a loyal and ing servant, who was more ike a sister to me than a maid AsT was growing up, two things happened which changed me forever. The first happened one day as I was walking in the mountains around Geneva. Although it had been a beautiful sunny day, it suddenly became very dark and I saw lightning inthe sky, Hooked fora tree to shelter under because I knew it would soon start raining, Eventually, I saw alarge tree with strong branches covered in leaves. I was only 2 few yards aw and 1ie | he'd been doing secret of lite 1 knew it was dfficule for my father, who had sill not got ‘over my mother's death, but I could see that Ezabeth ole help him more than { could and so 1 decided to leave for Ingolstade as soon as possible. { packed my bags and said oodbye to my family, promising to write often, ‘When L went to kis Elizabeth, she held me avay from her and looked at me. ou will write, Vicor, won't vou ‘Of course Iwill, my dearest, Believe me 1 eel there sa five inside you that will not let you rest. fam afraid i will burn you up unless you ate caret! Promise you will be careful. Victor. We have lst our darling rarer and nothing can replace her, but we are sil here and need you just as much as she did. Dow’t forget that. She smiled and bugged me tightly ‘God be with you, Vicor. May He keep you safeand bring you quickly back tous. [arrived in Ingolstac hours ler % Professor ‘aldmann 4am ashamed to admit, but {soon forgot my promise vo ry mother. At first I wrote every day, Then as {spent mong time on my studies, L wrote fewer and fewer eters t knew that family would be worrying about me, but my desire for knowledge made me selfish and insensitive, Profesior Waldmann was an old man, yet his mind was as shatp asa razor. What he said excited me because cul see that he was about to make a discovery that would change che way we see the world forever: Mier the fs lecture, decided to speak wo the profesor and ask him to let me belp him in his esearch, Inovder to really help im, though, I frst ha to study every paper he had writen For the next to months I worked night and day reading his research writings. With every word rea fl na cose to knowing the secret of ie When (had finshed reading the last paper, I went to see the professor. ‘The professor lived and worked om the top floor ofone of the university buildings in Ingostadt. was very nervous a climbed the od wooden sar. ‘The door was open, sof walked in. lle his name, but there was no answer. I went staight int his laboratory, No ‘one was there Although I knew was wrong, wanted see how far he had gone with his research, His work was hike a 7puzzle with some of the Pieces sil missing, Frankenstein,” save atonce that he was very in Hs oked ang and 2 {ee} ‘Ws my work and { will do what Ike with i.” But why?” Because itis dangerous.” “Is it dangerous to find our the meaning of hie?” ‘No, What is dangerous isto be able to create li “But think of what his wil mean wo medical research, [es a revolution! "Yes, but ifthe wrong people get hold of it. No, must destroy evervthing before I die. You understand, don't you?” My mind began to work very fst. [had to stop him trom destroying his work. Then, I thought ofa way. Ihave an amazing memory, greater than even the professor suspected. would ty to remember everthing as we destroyed it and veric it down later. ‘Youare right, Profesor. as wo Twill help you destroy your wark.” I could see that he did not bliove me. But how do T know yous wil da it ‘We will doi together, Profesor have misjudged you, Frankenstein, Leave me now and come back tomorrow. [am tired.” at not understand, T worked with the profesor for the next oo weeks. fn this time I not only learne everything that he had dicovered, but Talko saw how close he was to breaking the code of fe. “The day he died he called me to his bedside “Wehave destroyed my work. Now you mus fnget evening that you have seen. Swear T muttered something to myself and he seemed susie. “Then he lay back and never spoke again 2‘Chan The Monster is Born wanted wo create a perfect being, the $08 17 facher ar etiget, handsome, loving and T should rea a aething would go TONE ENE TS tan eth wold not rn back Profssoy Wakdmann had ote eho to create aman. What he fad pot discovered acre he sing pee rom is uaz, was Don see i For eth eu he asst part 1 how sre even before 1 had Know the bases of PA 1 wEeSemittht day on the mountain when lighining ‘purned I gin ce Elericy was the eee Heat the answer was, but I did ot Know Bow Fed acre whoa a break or sx mons managed fo dete unineme use Professor Wal sore afer his death, 1 cook me only a Week 19 Put ‘everyting back as icbad been before Teele dows find away of controling the eesrcey sito burning the body. For my experiments I ad 056 vanities which T could only get By stealing them from ‘ob ocd man mes butts whe before Tsuceees in my experiments “Then my only task was to find the perfect bod: # thou natal the bodies [found from the hospitals were ual #° {eesded ous ferent parts from many bodiesin order 1 create the perfect man, 1 used Professor Waldmann’ brain in my ‘Geatare athe was one ofthe cleveret men {had ever known — when eve valk, To keep 1 the ime. ll Thad season, s0 1K same day that T saci my a with excitement. Iieless. He was nots were too long and cars sro going reas the stormy 1 dng Then, om the ante \s, the storm came. ea my peeps: % nih ha new sven ee a yee NE NS Ke do had hoped. Hisess ah ne showed where 1 had tapoke him todo was wait for lightning ar pe Per sae. ooked aA Piithe were already alive fe the wre mand we ill work cogeter and explor secre le: be ikea faber vo sou and res of Tne heard chun ouside: 1 a UPSET) So te could se Bases ofighining in che sk used a te elect that L needed. saw 2s and ee aeled down the string othe Kite. Iwas t9 enous s for a eect se the laboratory, $0 I waited on the stairs to go back i wile Tilo tquite know what [expected to find as T entered the nboeory Thad ot thought that fr. went co Look inside aeommomn, but saw nothing, The body had gone. Had the periment worked? Where was ny creature? Ik was only then reer ealised what Uhad done. I had created a monster and row it was somewhere out there. T aseforan hour not moving, untlit gor dark, Then I saw shall walking, half dragging itself along. Iwas making strange fees ike a wild beast, Ie was coming towards me with its long aoe etched out in front oft. When it was bout two yards B jy. dwas exhausted. 1 could bats eying was e081 20g, 1 spoke to mvselt oo,{theater 3 Chapter 4 away, I saw the fice, the face that was meant to be the most ‘beaut facein che world. The electric current had burnt the skin and twas vellow and wrinkled, so thatit was lke the face ofa skeleton, not ofa voung maa, as frightened. I screamed and ran away as L was sure he vas coming to kil me. Iran downstaits and into the street and ‘wandered for hoursin the rain without being able to think. All knew was that had done something terrible and that [hated ‘my creature and wanted to destroy it before it destroyed me. didn’t want to go home, so went to stay with my dear fiend. Henry Clerval. Soon after that, fli andi took me a month ro recover When I as beter. Henry told me that Elizabeth and my father were very worried about me and asked me to go home at once. The thought of them made me happy and I quickly recovered. I planned to dose the laboratory and then goto Geneva Then. on the day before I was going to lave, I received this leer fom my father, Dear Vie We have mised you tery and relly ante you, Here, The sme teres whch [fel had el you fore you aie Wilan, your bah, dead. He was murdered Plea come quickly our acing father. % Justine in Prison On the journey home to Geneva, I thought about my lif, and I realised, too late perhaps, tha the people I loved were more important to me than all the science in the world. All ‘hose months of passionate research and study seemed without any meaning now that Willams was dead. My father and Elizabeth were wating to meet me at the station. Elizabeth looked more beautiful than ever, despite the sadnes in her eves. My father looked much older than when hha last seen him. He was very thin and seemed! depressed I could seby the look on ther faces that they sere shocked athow 1, t00, had changed, bus they said nothing. My father kissed me on the forehead, and I fel histearson my face. Aer that, my darling Elizabeth held me close to her and whispered that father was not well before saving ina loud voice, ‘You look tired, Victor. You've been studing to hard.” I picked up my bags and we went toward the caviage “Tell me about poor Wiliams. Did he sufer 0, thank God. He died ina few seconds, so the doctor says. The killer was a vere surong man. They belived a se that twas the crime of a madman, until we discovered that the silver locket was missing from around William's neck,” “A madman: “The doctor who examined! the bod sid tha itlooked as ithe had been killed i ait of wild anger.” ‘We gotinto the care and then Elizabeth told me what, aaes} had happened. “justine and William had gone walking in them se sat dow ona rock to rest, while Willa wandered off Fis ow. When he din’ come back she went to look for him and Found his bode in the mouth ofa cave: "What did the police do? “They quested all the obsious suspects and they came and examined Justine’ room, Inthe pocket of the coat she twas wearing that day they found Willian’ locket. So, chey put her in prison ‘But what does Justine say? She denies it, doesnt she? OF course Iveant be tue, Justine would never doa thing like that and we will prove it in court sincerely hope so, Vitor. Ar that my Eater spoke for the fist ie. “4 curse hs fallen on ous family, Vietr. Fst, your mother. Then, Willams. And nov, Justine. Where will i end: Te will end, Father. I will make sure that it does He put his band on my knee ‘You're a good boy. Vietor. hope you'te right. “That afternoon we went to see Justine in prison. Her til asset forthe following day. She at quietly on a wooden chair vriting for us. I ried to comfort her. ‘We will sive you, Justine. We know you are not guilty of this horrible crime ‘Tam happy, Master Victor, that you at least believe that Ym innocent. 1 know you wil tr to save me, but I'm afraid the people wll want to punish me.” ‘Don't sy that, Justine 0 __—[[chapier 5 _ oN and save our children! 31age es} Frankenstein Deets the Creature Although the lawyer vas found guilty of mu hanged, resented his case very well, Justine irder. The judge ordered that she be (Our family was again in despair. That night we sat around the fire, unable to speak. The only sound we could hear was the crackling of the fire. We sat before it and we cried and cried until there were no more tears left in us. Afier Justine had been hanged, I decided to spendl a few weeks alone in the mountains walking and thinking. I stayed ina small house used by shepherds thought about my mother and I remembered my promise to her. I decided to make a new start. [ would finish my studies asa doctor, marry Elizabeth and return to Geneva to look after the poor. My life's aim ‘would be to build a new hospital and call i¢ Saint Justine’s Hospital for the Poor. One wet and misty day, as I was walking near the place where William had been murdered, I saw an enormous man in the distance. Ac first, I diel not think of my creature. [had ‘managed to forget him completely. As he came towards me though, I knew it was him. I recognised his clumsy arms and his ape-like walk and then I saw his skeletal face. Suddenly, 1 realised who William’s murderer was and f hated him more than ever before. He had found my family and was planning. to kill us all, one by one, Although I was frightened when I saw him, I knew I had a9 —_____,arapiero] —___— to face him. I picked up a stone justin case he tried to atack ime. He stopped a few yards from me and spoke in a deep “Frankenstein, for that is your name, isn’t it? Or should L call you father? “Call me what you like “Why di you bring me into this world of hae, Frankenstein?” was surprised by hov well he spoke “Icis nota world of hate. It is world of love ‘Love? What is love? You have showin me no love. The ‘world has shown me nothing but hate. I must tlk to you, Frankenstein. You are my only hope of ever finding happiness. Come with me to my cave so we can talk, [have a fre there and some fruit and nuts, [hesitated fora moment but finally agreed to go with him, I dropped the stone and followed him, We came toa cave high up in the mountains. Inside, it was quite warm and comfortable. He had made a bed of leaves and beside ita fire was burning. He offered me some fruit, which I refused, We sat down by the fire and he immediately began his story ay