Dr. Henry Clerval
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Oct 22, 2026
Colin MorganHOST
I felt suddenly, and for the first time during many months, calm and serene joy.
Colin MorganHOST
I welcomed my friend, therefore, in the most cordial manner, and we walked towards my college.
Colin MorganHOST
Clerval continued talking for some time about our mutual friends and his own good fortune in being permitted to come to Ingolstadt.
Colin MorganHOST
You may easily believe, said he, how great was the difficulty to persuade my father that all necessary knowledge was not comprised in the noble art of bookkeeping.
Colin MorganHOST
And, indeed, I believe I left him incredulous to the last, for his constant answer to my unwearied entreaties was the same as that of the Dutch schoolmaster in the vicar of Wakefield.
Colin MorganHOST
I afterwards learned that, knowing my father's advanced age and unfitness for so long a journey, and how wretched my sickness would make Elizabeth, he spared them this grief by concealing the extent of my disorder.
Colin MorganHOST
He knew that I could not have a more kind and attentive nurse than himself, and firm in the hope he felt of my recovery, he did not doubt that, instead of doing harm, he performed the kindest action that he could towards them.
Colin MorganHOST
But I was, in reality, very ill, and surely nothing but the unbounded and unremitting attentions of my friend could have restored me to life.
GaryHOST
know this guy's being abused oh victor's bad like his dad like oh look at that yeah yeah how about william is he a character
Jake NoonanGUEST
that exists he is and he's actually two characters Will and I am Victor's yeah no his name's Henry Clerval and William so William's a little kid it's Victor's younger brother who ends up being one of the first victims by the creature He gets strangled to death.
Jake NoonanGUEST
And then the person or the creature frames the family servant, whose name is Justine.
Jake NoonanGUEST
And that's like a huge turning point because they go to trial.
Jake NoonanGUEST
Oh, boy.
Jake NoonanGUEST
It is also...
Jake NoonanGUEST
The other like version of William, the Henry Clerval is like this super flamboyant, like loving person who's like everything sunshine and rainbows is the greatest day ever.
Jake NoonanGUEST
And he's best friends with Victor who like takes him on like trips everywhere, like tries to get him out of his depression.
NehaHOST
So we'll get into some of the plot points later, but just as a reminder, some of the main characters: so as I mentioned, we have Victor Frankenstein.
NehaHOST
He has a friend, Henry Clerval, who I think he grew up around, is from his hometown in Geneva, and he comes in and out of the story at different points.
NehaHOST
The story is told as a frame narrative through a man named Walton who's on an Arctic expedition to discover-
ShritiHOST
The undiscovered
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ShritiHOST
Yeah, that's true.
ShritiHOST
And then with Victor, I think it's a little bit different because he grew up with the best of companions.
ShritiHOST
When we kind of get his, like, childhood story, he talks about how he, like, loved spending time with Henry Clerval and Elizabeth, and they were, like, gallivanting around town as children.
ShritiHOST
Um, and he speaks really highly of them.
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They valiantly attempted to hide their own feelings in order to care for a devastated William, who spent his waking hours searching for his mother.
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I spent many days out of the house, walking with Henry Clerval to escape from the pain.
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The days turned to months and still my mood did not lift.
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Victor! Victor! Slow down and rest a while.
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you.
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I have destroyed you.
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Victor Frankenstein, I am placing you under arrest for the murder of Mr. Henry Clerval.
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Is there anything you wish to say? Help
Thomas CopelandNARRATOR
I was indifferent, therefore, to my school fellows in general, but I united myself in the bonds of the closest friendship to one among them.
Thomas CopelandNARRATOR
Henry Clerval was the son of a merchant of Geneva.
Thomas CopelandNARRATOR
He was a boy of singular talent and fancy.
Thomas CopelandNARRATOR
He loved enterprise, hardship, and even danger for its own sake.
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Thomas CopelandNARRATOR
Here I paused, I knew not why, but I remained some minutes with my eyes fixed on a coach that was coming towards me from the other end of the street.
Thomas CopelandNARRATOR
As it drew nearer, I observed that it was the Swiss diligence.
Thomas CopelandNARRATOR
It stopped just where I was standing, and on the door being opened, I perceived Henry Clerval, who on seeing me instantly sprung out.
Thomas CopelandNARRATOR
My dear Frankenstein, exclaimed he, how glad I am to see you.
BenHOST
He has fallen into a fear coma.
BenHOST
Clerval is nursing him to health.
BenHOST
We spend a long time nursing Frankenstein back to health.
BenHOST
He has to introduce Clerval around to the college.
NateHOST
Yeah, there's a reason I don't have notes on this, Ben.
BenHOST
He has to recoil with fear at the sight of chemistry equipment because it reminds him of what he's done.
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BenHOST
And the father couldn't be happier.
BenHOST
He's like, absolutely.
JohnHOST
There are no new ideas, only new expressions of those ideas.
JohnHOST
Victor Moritz, who's essentially the Henry Clerval character from the book but with a greatly diminished role, is played by John Bowles, who is basically just a pretty face until Sound Pictures came along and gave him the chance to demonstrate his amazing singing talents.
JohnHOST
He was in King of Jazz, The Desert Song, Song of the West, One Heavenly Night, Captain of the Guard, and Curly Top Opposite Shirley Temple, among other things, before he retired in 1952 and went into the oil business, moving to San Angelo, Texas before passing away in 1969 from a heart attack at the age of 73.
JohnHOST
The next two roles feel kind of paired up in my mind, mainly because they both seem like they've been added to provide a touch of comic relief.
Colin MorganHOST
But I united myself in the bonds of the closest friendship to one among them.
Colin MorganHOST
Henry Clerval was the son of a merchant of Geneva.
Colin MorganHOST
He was a boy of singular talent and fancy.
Colin MorganHOST
He loved enterprise, hardship, and even danger for its own sake.
Mackenna GoodrichHOST
Yeah, because he's, well, he's Victor Moritz.
Mackenna GoodrichHOST
And Victor Moritz in the 1931 Frankenstein is also basically Henry Clerval.
Mackenna GoodrichHOST
So it's like they just switched.
Mackenna GoodrichHOST
Like, it's so weird to me that it's Henry Frankenstein, and then we have Victor Moritz, who is ostensibly Henry Clerval from the book.
Aubrey HofferHOST
Mm-hmm.
Mackenna GoodrichHOST
It's very odd.
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Aubrey HofferHOST
I...
Mackenna GoodrichHOST
I think my biggest complaint about literally every adaptation of Frankenstein is I don't like that.
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