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    Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus (1818)
    Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus (1818)
    Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus (1818)
    Audiobook8 hours

    Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus (1818)

    Written by Mary Shelley

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    About this audiobook

    Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by the British author Mary Shelley. Shelley wrote the novel when she was 18 years old. The first edition was published anonymously in London in 1818, and this audiobook is read from that text. Shelley's name appeared on the revised third edition, published in 1831. The title of the novel refers to the scientist, Victor Frankenstein, who learns how to create life and creates a being in the likeness of man, but larger than average and more powerful. In modern popular culture, people have tended to refer to the Creature as "Frankenstein" (especially in films since 1931), despite this being the name of the scientist, and the creature being unnamed in the book itself. Frankenstein is a novel infused with elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic movement. It was also a warning against the "over-reaching" of modern man and the Industrial Revolution, alluded to in the novel's subtitle, The Modern Prometheus. The story has had an influence across literature and popular culture and spawned a complete genre of horror stories and films. It is arguably considered the first fully-realised science fiction novel and raises many issues still relevant to today's society. (Summary from wikipedia.org, adapted by Cori Samuel.)
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
    Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus (1818)
    Author

    Mary Shelley

    Mary Shelley (1797–1851) was the only daughter of the political philosopher William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, celebrated author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. At the age of sixteen, Shelley (then Mary Godwin) scandalized English society by eloping with the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, who was married. Best known for the genre-defining Frankenstein (1818), she was a prolific writer of fiction, travelogues, and biographies during her lifetime, and was instrumental in securing the literary reputation of Percy Shelley after his tragic death.

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    • 1/5
      This reader must like to listen to her own voice. I certainly will not listen to her.
    • 3/5
      It was very sad ? I do recommend it to those who like sad books
    • 5/5
      I am obsessed. This will now be an annual reread.
    • 5/5
      This Narrator was great. She should get pain real money to do this
    • 4/5
      The story is a heart breaker. I just wish that the narrator had emotion. She used the same monotone voice for each character and narration.
    • 5/5
      Fantastic book! I definitely recommend it! I read this book for an English class, and I thought it was going to be monotonous, but it wasn't. The themes in this text give you a glance at Mary Shelly's life. Over all, outstanding book!