Robert Walton

A ship's captain sailing for the North Pole. He finds Victor on the ice and writes the whole story to his sister.

The quotes

6 quotes by or about Robert Walton, in the order they happen.

What may not be expected in a country of eternal light?

Walton · Letter 1 · ambition · knowledge · nature

Walton dreams of the North Pole as a place of endless light. He wants glory. So did Victor.

I have no friend

Walton · Letter 2 · isolation

Walton is on a ship full of men and has nobody to talk to. Loneliness starts the book.

You seek for knowledge and wisdom, as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting you

Victor · Letter 4 · knowledge · ambition

Victor warns Walton. Wanting to know too much can bite you like a snake. It bit him.

We are unfashioned creatures, but half made up

Victor · Letter 4 · family · isolation

People are unfinished on their own. They need a friend to complete them. Victor to Walton, about Clerval.

Seek happiness in tranquillity and avoid ambition

Victor · Chapter 24 · ambition · knowledge

Victor's last advice to Walton. Be calm. Do not want too much. He did not take it himself.

Farewell, Walton! Seek happiness in tranquillity

Victor · Chapter 24 · ambition

His last words. Then he dies on the ship.