"Strange and harrowing must be his story, frightful the storm which embraced the gallant vessel on its course and wrecked it-thus!" p. 14
The official beginning in the story in chapter 1 begins the story of Victor Frankenstein. But, before the odd and disturbing story of the creator, we are given some background and bigger frame story of Robert Walden. Inside of Victor's tale, he then encounters the creature he created who leads to tell his story. Usually, stories that have several stories can be difficult at time to follow. But, to this point, the plot line has been relatively easy to follow. Shelley does an excellent job of giving just the right amount of background and information to each back story to understand what's going on without giving up the entire plot. At some point, the creature story will close, leading to a closing of the Victor story, leading to a closing of the story of Robert Walden. All three are separate, interconnected stories with different plots, but commonalities between each.
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