Frankenstein?

Question

why does the author choose to right the beginning of the novel in a series of letters?

Answer 1

She chooses to use a flashback technique. The letters are being written by Walton to his sister, describing the story he has been told by his mysterious passenger, Victor. Then, at the end, she catches the story up to the present when The Creature arrives at Walton's boat just after Victor dies. It is just a flashback literary technique that allows one character who was not present at events to recount them to another person second hand. Mary Shelley was only 18. This book came out of a series of conversations she and Percy had with Lord Byron inventing scary stories. Perhaps she is choosing to relate the scary story as she told it to them. Pax - C

Answer 2

Walton's letters are a vital and integral part of Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein. They deal with many issues of character and theme which are present within the main body of the novel.
The letters are written by intrepid British explorer to his sister who is living in Britain Mrs. Saville. The letters tell the tale of Walton's experiences in the arctic and of his strange meeting with a man on the ice, who we find out to be Victor Frankenstein.
The letters which Walton uses are a narrative framework to the story, and therefore an introduction of sorts. The first thing that requires discussion within the letters is the setting in which Walton finds himself when he is writing these

Answer 3

Because Dr. Frankenstein is telling the story of what happened to his creation.