Chapter 15

The creature finds a lost portmanteau containing books, which become his new source of study and delight.

Reading "The Sorrows of Werter" prompts the creature to apply stories to his own condition and question his existence.

Plutarch's Lives teaches the creature about history, virtue, and vice, elevating his thoughts beyond his own wretchedness.

Reading "Paradise Lost" as true history, the creature identifies with the loneliness of Adam and the envy of Satan.

The creature finds and reads Victor Frankenstein's journal, learning the horrifying details of his own creation.

The creature hopes the cottagers will accept him for his virtues but despairs when seeing his own reflection.

The creature dreams of companionship but is crushingly lonely, cursing his creator and yearning for the cottagers' kindness.

The creature resolves to approach the blind old man alone and, when the opportunity arises, nervously approaches the cottage.

The creature enters the cottage and introduces himself to the blind De Lacey as a weary, unfortunate traveler.

The creature tells the old man he is hated due to a fatal prejudice and accepts his offer of help.

As the creature reveals his identity, the family returns, and Felix violently attacks him, causing him to flee in anguish.