Shelley's Frankenstein (or The Modern Prometeus)
All we need to do is make sure we keep reading First chapter, after Walton's letters to his sister, where he tells her all about his expedition to the North Pole and the story his guest on board, Dr. Frankenstein, tells him. A rich woman, mother of one son, reaches a very poor house where another mother is feeding her "babes". She discovers a fair girl among others that are "black-eyed" and "from a different stock". The blonde had been born to a noble family but after her mother died giving birth, this family took her home and treated her the best they could. It is unknown whether her father was dead or alive or in jail. "She continued with her foster parents and bloomed in their rude abode, fairer than a garden rose among dark-leaved brambles". Not only did she manage to keep her "fair" nature, her whiteness and nobility, but also she is given as a present for Dr. Frankenstein from Miss Frankenstein, who really wanted...