Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

May 2020 · Vidya Publications

5.0

6 reviews

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7 hr 54 min

Unabridged

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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. 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.

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5.0

6 reviews

Oliver Adwell

May 14, 2020

What a great reading experience this was, I loved the story, the writing and vivid descriptions.

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February 5, 2023

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About the author

Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley (30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist who wrote numerous novels and is most well-known for Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818). She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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