How you explore Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus on Literah
The cast, the places, the objects, the plot, and the author’s own words — each one a card in a feed you scroll on your phone. One at a time, at your pace, in any order you like.
- Built for your phone. Literah is designed for mobile, so your worlds travel with you. On a laptop it shows a QR code to carry the world to your phone.
- A feed, not a wall of text. 24 characters, 24 places, 22 objects and 7 plot beats, each its own card with its own illustration.
- The author’s own words. 45 passages of Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus sit in the feed verbatim, exactly as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley wrote them, each with a short reading of what it is doing. The map is ours; the prose is always the book’s.
- The same scroll, a better world. The gesture you already give away to feeds, spent on Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley instead.
The Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus feed, as it appears in your mobile
The plot of Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus
The story beat by beat, as Literah maps it.
- A Stranger on the Ice
- The Making of the Creature
- The Death of William and Justine
- The Creature's Own Story
- The Bargain and Its Breaking
- The Creature's Revenge
- Pursuit to the Pole
The author's pen in Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus
The passages themselves, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's own words, as Literah maps it.
- Ardent Curiosity Unboundch. 1
- Their Child and Idolch. 1
- Elizabeth Becomes One of Usch. 1
- Blasted Hopesch. 1
- His Eyes Closed Foreverch. 1
- The Creature at the Coffinch. 1
- Farewell Into Darknessch. 1
- The Want Of A Friendch. 2
- Investigating Nature's Hidden Lawsch. 2
- The Words of Fatech. 3
- The Giant on the Sledgech. 4
- A Strange Questionch. 4
- The Danger of Knowledgech. 4
- The Creature Opens Its Eyech. 5
- Walking On In Fearch. 5
- Clerval Arrives Unexpectedlych. 5
- One Subjectch. 5
- The Picture in Her Pocketch. 7
- Testimony of Characterch. 8
- The Lie I Confessedch. 8
The characters of Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus
Who is who, as Literah maps it.
- Victor Frankensteinmajor
- The Creaturemajor
- Robert Waltonmajor
- Elizabeth Lavenzamajor
- Henry Clervalmajor
- Justine Moritzmajor
- Alphonse Frankensteinsupporting
- Caroline Beaufort Frankensteinsupporting
- William Frankensteinsupporting
- Ernest Frankensteinminor
- M. Waldmansupporting
- M. Krempesupporting
- Margaret Savillesupporting
- De Laceysupporting
- Felix De Laceysupporting
- Agatha De Laceysupporting
The locations in Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus
Where it happens, as Literah maps it.
- St. Petersburghcity
- Archangelport town
- Walton's shipship
- Arctic ice / polar seapolar wilderness
- Genevacity
- Belrivelakeside retreat
- Frankenstein family housefamily home
- Lucerne / Reuss districttown district
- Naplescity
- Ingolstadtuniversity city
- University of Ingolstadtuniversity
- Victor's laboratory / solitary apartmentlaboratory
- Plainpalaisplain
- Geneva courtcourtroom
The core concepts in Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus
What the book keeps returning to, as Literah maps it.
- Creation does not end when life begins
- Ambition without sympathy becomes ruin
- Loneliness turns longing into danger
- Suffering does not cancel responsibility
- To be seen wrongly is to be denied a self
- Domestic love is both refuge and target
- Testimony changes who gets believed
The objects of note in Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus
The things that carry meaning, as Literah maps it.
- Walton's letters to Margaret
- Walton's compiled manuscript / Victor's testimony record
- Sledges
- Telescope / spyglass
- Books of voyages / Uncle Thomas's library
- Victor's books of natural philosophy / alchemy
- Chemical instruments
- Laboratory apparatus
- Elizabeth's letter from Geneva
- Alphonse's letter announcing William's death
- Portrait miniature / locket
- Justine's confession / legal papers
- Creature's fire
- Creature's satchel / portmanteau of books
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