Frankenstein's Monster - Biography Flash

Dive deep into the tragic, complex world of Frankenstein's Monster, the iconic creation brought to life by Mary Shelley in her groundbreaking 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. This podcast delivers a comprehensive biography of one of literature's most misunderstood figures, from his terrifying awakening in Victor Frankenstein's Ingolstadt attic to his haunting self-imposed exile on an Arctic ice floe. Explore how an eight-foot-tall creature assembled from corpse parts taught himself language, philosophy, and human emotion by secretly observing a family and reading works like Paradise Lost, only to be met with violent rejection at every turn. Follow his journey across Europe as intellectual growth collides with devastating isolation, driving him from desperate pleas for companionship to acts of revenge against the creator who abandoned him. We unpack every pivotal moment, including the murders of William Frankenstein, Henry Clerval, and Elizabeth Lavenza, the demand fo