The novel mentions the death of ten people. They die in the following order:
The first one to die is Caroline Beaufort's father. After the death of her father, Caroline marries Victor's father.
Several months passed in this manner. Her father grew worse; her time was more entirely occupied in attending him; her means of subsistence decreased; and in the tenth month her father died in her arms, leaving her an orphan and a beggar.
Elizabeth's mother dies while giving her birth. (In a variant of the novel, however, Victor Frankenstein’s father’s sister dies and her husband leaves Elizabeth in their custody).
Her mother was a German and had died on giving her birth…
After that, Victor’s mother dies due to severe illness.
On the third day my mother sickened; her fever was accompanied by the most alarming symptoms, and the looks of her medical attendants prognosticated the worst event. On her deathbed the fortitude and benignity of this best of women did not desert her.
Victor’s...
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