Robert Walton

Robert Walton

English ship's captain on an arctic expedition in search of the Northeast Passage to the Pacific Ocean. Rescuing Victor Frankenstein at sea, he is the recipient of the narrative of Victor's life.

Robert Walton writes the series of letters to his sister, Margaret Saville, that constitute the novel.

Letter 1.2 and note ("Wondrous power")
Letter 1.3 and note ("Day and night")
Letter 1.3 and note ("Father's dying injunction")
Letter 1.4 and note ("This great enterprise")
Letter 1.4 and note ("Glory")
Letter 1.4 and note ("Physical science")
Letter 2.2 and note ("Self-educated")
Letter 2.2 and note ("Twenty-eight")
Letter 2.4 and note ("What a noble fellow!")
Letter 2.4 and note ("Your gentle and feminine fosterage") [1831 only]
Letter 2.5 and note ("The land of mist and snow")
Letter 2.5 and note ("Robert Walton")
Letter 2.5 and note ("The safety of others")
Letter 4.3 and note ("Attended on him")
1.1.1 and note ("By birth")
1.1.6 and note ("The moral relations of things") [1831 only]
3.4.6 and note ("The sympathy of a stranger")
Walton 2 and note ("Interest for my guest")
Walton 8 and note ("The die is cast")