... by a minor character by the name of Captain Walton. It is through his letters to his sister Margaret Saville, that the story is unravelled. At the beginning of both Volume 1 and the novel, we are introduced to a series of short letters written by Captain Walton. These letters provides us with information about Walton and help us to understand the undertakings of the ... of solitude. Although he is surrounded by seamen and shipworkers, he is Romantic in his description of wanting a companion and comments that those who surround him are the "dross" of human nature. He believes that he is ...

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