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Read “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley in English. Tap any word for its meaning, hear how it sounds, and save it to a memory-driven review schedule.
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DICTIONARY
TRANSLATION
apreciar, atesorar
to feel warm affection for; to hold something dear.
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The opening
How “Frankenstein” begins
I am by birth a Genevese; and my family is one of the most distinguished of that republic.
My ancestors had been for many years counsellors and syndics; and my father had filled several public situations with honour and reputation.
He was respected by all who knew him, for his integrity and indefatigable attention to public business.
He passed his younger days perpetually occupied by the affairs of his country; a variety of circumstances had prevented his marrying early, nor was it until the decline of life that he became a husband and the father of a family.
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Vocabulary
Words to know before you start
The 30 words you will meet most often in “Frankenstein” at level B2 and above, with how many times each one appears.
- creature
- miserable
- thus
- misery
- being
- cottage
- affection
- countenance
- seek
- joy
- possess
- sensation
- companion
- tale
- endure
- soul
- perceive
- heaven
- desire
- resolve
- pursue
- tear
- dare
- render
- monster
- misfortune
- fiend
- existence
- fellow
- imagination
The meanings here are the everyday ones. In the reader, tap a word to see the sense this sentence uses.
Grammar
Grammar you will meet in “Frankenstein”
How much of each kind of grammar “Frankenstein” uses, counted in the sentences the Reader marks: per 10,000 words, compared with the other books in the library.
- Relative clauses
- Passive voice
- Perfect tenses
- Modal verbs
- -ing forms and to-infinitives
- Phrasal verbs
- Reported speech
- Conditionals
Constructions to look for
- Whose (possession) Shall I create another like yourself, whose joint wickedness might desolate the world?
- Relative clauses with where I entered the room where the corpse lay, and was led up to the coffin.
- Past perfect active On that night he had determined to consummate his crimes by my death.
Counted the way the Reader shows it: one card per construction in a sentence. Open the book in the Reader and tap a highlighted phrase to see the rule.
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What you get while you read
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Grammar in context
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About the book
Why Frankenstein is a great book to read in English
A young scientist assembles a living being and then abandons it — and the creature, eloquent and furious, comes looking for answers. Mary Shelley's 1818 novel is told through letters and nested stories; the gothic vocabulary is rich, and the moral questions still bite.
On LangOrbit you read “Frankenstein” with a safety net: the translation is one tap away when a sentence runs long, every word opens its meaning in context and can be saved for spaced-repetition review, and the grammar behind the trickier lines is explained right where you meet it.
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