Mary Shelley created Frankenstein at the age of 19, tells the story of Victor Frankenstein and the horrific crime against humanity he committed. The story begins with a series of letters from Robert Walton to his sister in England about the events of his trip to the North Pole. While trapped, Walton meets Victor Frankenstein, a weak and sick man who has been traveling by dog ​​sled. Walton brings him aboard the ship and helps nurse him back to health. Walton befriends Frankenstein, and Victor decides to tell Robert the story that brought him to this point. Victor begins to describe his childhood in Geneva, with his friends Elizabeth Lavenza, a girl adopted by Victor's mother and Victor's future bride, and Henry Clerval, a schoolmate of Victor's. At 17, Victor began studying natural philosophy and chemistry at the University of Ingolstadt. There he falls in love with the secret of life and, after several years of searching, is convinced that he has found it. Victor spends months in the secrecy of his apartment creating a creature from old body parts that he brings to life. When he looks at the monster he has created, the sight horrifies him and he runs through the streets. Victor meets Henry, who has come to study at the university, and takes his friend back to his apartment. Even though the monster is gone, Victor becomes seriously ill. Disgusted by his actions, Victor prepares to return to Geneva. However, just before leaving university, he receives a letter informing that his younger brother has been killed. Victor runs home and, as he passes through the woods where William was strangled, he sees the monster and becomes convinced that the monster killed his brother. Arriving in Geneva, Victor discovers that Justine Moritz, a... paper body... is about to die on the ice. Victor Frankenstein transforms over the course of the novel from an innocent young man fascinated by science. in a guilt-ridden man determined to destroy his creation. Whether it is his desire to have the divine power to create new life or his avoidance of the types of science practiced in public, Victor's lack of humanity is his undoing. He isolates himself from the world and ultimately turns to a non-human obsession to take revenge on his creation. At the end of the novel, Victor tells his story to Robert Walton and then dies. With multiple narrators and multiple perspectives, the novel offers the reader contrasting versions of Victor: the classic mad scientist, who destroys all boundaries without concern, and the courageous adventurer of unknown sciences, who should not be held responsible for the consequences of his explorations..