Who Wrote the Introduction to Frankenstein

Percy Bysshe Shelley

What is the intro of Frankenstein?

‘I busied myself to think of a story… One which would speak to the mysterious fears of our nature, and awaken thrilling horror—one to make the reader dread to look round, to curdle the blood, and quicken the beatings of the heart. ‘ (From Mary Shelley’s Introduction to the 1831 edition of Frankenstein).

Who is speaking in the first chapter of Frankenstein?

The stranger, who the reader soon learns is Victor Frankenstein, begins his narration. He starts with his family background, birth, and early childhood, telling Walton about his father, Alphonse, and his mother, Caroline.