Frankenstein
who is R. Walton and why is he writing to his sister?
in the letter 1-4
in the letter 1-4
Robert Walton
The reader's representative in the novel, he is the person to whom Victor relates his story. He has much in common with Victor: ambition, drive, and the desire for glory. Writing to his sister his the vehicle in which he narrates the story to us.
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