Belrive
Bellerive (which connotes "beautiful
shore") is a suburb of Geneva,
situated north of the city on the western shore of the lake as it
narrows towards its end and thus affording a picturesque view of Geneva
and the mountains beyond it. That the Frankenstein family
possesses a country house testifies to their comparative wealth and social
standing in the community, an issue that will be of some moment to the
trial recounted in 1.7.1. After its
painful conclusion the family will seek tranquillity in a return to the
comfortable setting of this country house (2.1.2).
