Dr. Frankenstein's Daughters (2013) (edit title/settings)

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• Baroness Ingrid Frankenstein: 17 years old; daughter to Dr Frankenstein; never knew her father; is a twin to Giselle
• Baroness Giselle Frankenstein: 17 years old; daughter to Dr Frankenstein; never knew her father; is a twin to Ingrid
• Baron Ernest Frankenstein: brother of Dr. Frankenstein; uncle to the twins; encourages the girls to move to the castle; mostly leaves them to their own devices
• Lieutenant Walter Hammersmith: recluse; lives in a cottage near the castle; has a disease that riddles his body;still is able to ride his horse but can barely get around on his own; Ingrid goes to his home and boldly introduces herself; then she begins to visit him occassionally; Ingrid begins to fall in love with him
• Arthur "Riff" Flett: cute worker at the castle; flirts with Giselle; Mrs. Flett is his aunt
• Johann Gottlieb: Giselle's former finance--broke up with her shortly before she received her inheritance; after he finds out she is a Baroness, he wants to marry her--and quickly so they can "start their life together;" she dumps him when she realizes he only wants to be with her for her money; then he goes missing; his father does not know where he is so gets the police involved
• Mrs Agnes Flett: maid at the castle; Riff's aunt
• Captain Ramsey: ferries the girls from the castle to Edinburgh
• Gallagher: rumored that he is a grave robber; Anthony and Ingrid see him in town; Ingrid believes he looks quite sinister
• Count Volta: Ingrid studied with him in Italy; Ingrid has a dream about him while she is staying in the castle
• Luigi Galvani: Ingrid has a dream about him
• Victor Frankenstein: Giselle and Ingrid's father; he deserted them; they never knew him
• John Singleton Copely: painted the portrait of Victor Frankenstein
• Investigator Cairo: visits the castle looking for Gottlieb; he bids the girls to be careful...there is someone dangerous on the loose
• Margaret: friend of the twins
• Mary Shelley: cameo appearance
• Percy Shelley: cameo appearance
• Lord Byron: cameo appearance

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• “I once made a declaration of love you rebuffed. Now word of my fortune has made you change your mind.”

  Giselle

• “I suppose it was an example of love's legendary power to render blind the one who is in love.”

  Ingrid

• “What did the dead care? They felt no pain or shame. If they had family who might have cared, their bodies would have been claimed.”

  Ingrid

• “I don't want to be a doctor...Rather, I thirst for answers. How does life begin? What are its building blocks? Why are we alive at all? It's the unknown that intrigues me.”

  Igrid

• “He had come for us at last.”

  Giselle

• “I don't like this one bit. I'm afraid it's all starting again....All of it: the mysterious deaths, the missing person, the feeling of being stalked by some malevolent force.”

  Baron Frankenstein

• “You are the one who radiates intelligence and warmth. You are her equal in beauty, but it is your inner being that makes you so precious to me.”

  Walter

• “IT'S ALIVE!!!!”

• “My father's legacy must continue.”

  Ingrid

• “I shall go to bed tonight feeling lonely and desolate, because my best friend in the world is not taking me into her confidence.”

  Giselle

• “Some of it is the work of a butcher. Other times I feel like a lace maker tatting her delicate fibers with deft fingers.”

  Ingrid

• “Maybe some things are just too terrifying to think about. I still say, some truths are better left unexplored.”

  Giselle

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Castle Frankenstein: When the girls first move in, the castle needs TLC
• Gairsay Island: the castle is on this island
• Orkney Island, Scotland, UK
• Edinburgh, Scotland: the girls travel here (Ingrid goes to the medical college)
• Medical College of Edinburgh: Ingrid sneaks in to this all-male college with her friend, Anthony. Here is where she sees a cadaver and autopsy for the first time
• Rooster's Claw Inn and Tavern

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• Edinburgh medical college: Add a description of this organization.
• Edinburgh Review: newspaper; society paper
• The Quarterly Review: newspaper; society paper
• Edinburgh constabulary

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Glossary edit see section history

• cadaver: dead body
• grave robber: person who robs cemetery graves....often digging up the corpses for either the cadaver in it or the treasures buried with the body
• desecration: Describe this term.
• electrochemical
• electropuncture
• laudanum
• hysteria
• artificial somnambulance

Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

• Reincarnation: Describe this theme.
• Love of Family
• Forbidden Love

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Suzanne Weyn (Author)

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Notes for Parents edit see section history

Appropriate for ages 12 & up; no strong language or mature themes

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Teens › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy
• Books › Teens › Literature & Fiction › Love & Romance
• Books › Teens › Horror

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