if any other had communicated such a relation to me, I should have
looked upon it as the ravings of insanity
There have been veiled if persistent questions raised thus far
about Victor's mental stability. These will slowly increase over the
course of the novel, to such an extent, indeed, that near its end (Walton 1), Walton has every reason to
think he is himself listening to "the ravings of insanity." Questions of
conventional expectations and of documentary evidence are present on all
levels of this novel, in issues ranging from verisimilitude in writing to
justice in society.
