Name: A monster bride: Frankenstein episode 7
Uploaded: 2024-10-21T14:02:04.000Z
Duration: 7 min 32 s
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This is a podcast from bbclearningenglish.com.

Scientist Victor Frankenstein is to build a bride for the creature.

Hello, I'm scientist Victor Frankenstein.

You've been listening to the story the creature told me long ago before I had to come after it and arrived here in the Arctic.

I used to care about my science more than anything and I thought I could control nature.

The creature murdered my young brother and his nanny was executed for the crime.

During that conversation years ago, the monster told me he would go away and harm nobody else if I built him a bride.

He wanted to have his answer when we sat by the fire in his hut in the mountains.

If you give me a bride, you'll never see or hear from me again.

I'll watch your progress and when my bride is ready to come to life, I'll be there.

For some reason, I didn't want to start my work.

I didn't want to do it in my father's house in Geneva for sure.

I didn't want him to find out about the monster.

I was worried and adding to that, the monster had warned me he would watch me at a distance.

My love, Elizabeth, noticed I wasn't happy.

I'll even keep the promise I made to my mother before she died, who was very fond of you.

Mr Frankenstein, did you hear what your son Victor has just said?

My late wife and I used to watch you both playing together as children.

But first, I need to spend some time in England.

There are some new scientific discoveries there which I must see for myself.

This could be my last chance to travel and see the world before I settle down.

We can have our wedding as soon as I come back, my dear Elizabeth.

We understand, son, but you'll need a good friend to take care of you, won't you?

I'll ask Henry, your best friend, to go with you.

Henry loves travelling and will surely agree to go.

My plan was to go to England and build a bride for the creature.

How could I keep my work a secret from Henry?

We used to have fun travelling together, but this time it was different.

We stopped in many cities, and when we reached Edinburgh, I had to leave him behind.

That's a great restaurant, don't you think so?

I'll go away for a month or two on my own, and when I'm back, everything will be what it used to be.

We'll have a lot of fun together, I promise.

Well, I promised Henry a good time and the creature a bride.

I started collecting material and rented a hut far away in the Orkney Islands.

It had been three years since I built the creature, and what a big mistake that was.

What if the monsters didn't like each other?

And if the female creature started killing people too?

I hadn't finished the work yet, but I couldn't give life to another monster.

Was I going to pay a heavy price for destroying the female monster?

The friend the monster was expecting to be happy with?