Sleep guide

Frankenstein has slow, gentle stretches and some tense ones. These are our suggestions. Set the 15-minute timer and let the story carry you off.

Calm for bedtime

• Letters 1 to 3: a sea voyage north, told in letters
• Chapters 1 and 2: a happy childhood in Geneva
• Chapter 9: lakes and mountains near Chamonix
• Chapters 12 to 14: life in the woodland cottage

Better by day

• Chapter 5: the creature wakes
• Chapters 7 and 8: the murder and the trial
• Chapter 16: the creature's revenge begins
• Chapters 20 to 24: the chase to the end