Hello everybody! I, at last, began to read the "Frankenstein". And I am happy to share with you my impressions from reading and to speak about the Chapter 1 of this book.
There are the following characters in the first chapter: the narrator-Victor, his father, a man named Beaufort, Caroline Beaufort and Elizabeth Lavenza.
There is no much information about the narrator in the first chapter. I found out that he was by birth a Genevese and his ancestors were esteemed people. Also he said that he was the eldest child and his parents loved him VERY MUCH("I was their plaything and their idol,and something better-their child...").
The father was respected by everyone  too. He was very hardworking( "He passed his younger days perpetually occupied by the affairs of his country..."). These circumstances prevented his early marriage.
Mr.Beaufort was the Victor`s father friend. Once he became very poor and he was awfully upset with this.("This man...was of a proud and unbending disposition and could not bear to live in poverty and oblivion in the same country where he had formerly been distinguished for his rank and magnificence".) He moved to another town with his daughter Caroline.
Caroline Beaufort was very caring and considerate girl.("   His daughter attended him with the greatest tenderness"). She was hardworking and helpful. She tried to help somehow her father(" She procured plain work;she plaited straw and by various means contrived to earn a pittance scarcely sufficient to support life").
The  father wanted to help his friend, but when he found them Mr.Beaufort died.
Then, Caroline Beaufort and the father got married. They had a big difference between ages but it didnt disturb. So, Victor became their first child.
Some time later they took an orphan girl to their house. That was Elizabeth Lavenza.

I liked the beginning of the book, even there were many new and sometimes not clear words. But I think its very good, because I work with a dictionary a lot and I hope my vocabulary will become richer day by day.