Frame Story

The novel begins with a series of letters detailing a man's journey and his relationship with the man they found. The man promises to tell his story which sets up the main story dealing with Frankenstein. This is an interesting plot device because it provides a differnt angle to telling the story. At the beginning, I expected the story to begin with the regular story that everyone knows. I was surprised to see that the novel takes a different approach in order to tell the story.