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This Dark Endeavour

Introduction

Konrad and Victor Frankenstein, sixteen-year-old identical twin brothers and best friends, live with their family in a chateau just outside of Geneva in the late 1700s. Konrad is sensible and charming, whereas Victor is rash, headstrong and arrogant. In this stylish gothic tale, first in a planned series, teenage Victor Frankenstein makes a desperate attempt to create the forbidden alchemical Elixir of Life, in order to save his beloved twin brother, Konrad, from an untimely death (Ritter, pp. 155).

Discussion

When his identical twin Konrad falls ill, 15-year-old Victor risks life, body and soul to try and find ...