Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Audiobook
Language: EnglishKeywords:
Danger Of Science
Gothic Thriller
Tragedy
Shared by:jodindy
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Read by Simon Vance
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
Release date: 03-12-08
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Mary Shelley began writing Frankenstein when she was only eighteen. At once a Gothic thriller, a passionate romance, and a cautionary tale about the dangers of science, Frankenstein tells the story of committed science student Victor Frankenstein.
News Observer…
”This year (2018) marks the 200th birthday of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus,” I began celebrating by renting the audio from the library.
Over the years, there have been different audios of this book, but I can’t imagine a better one than Simon Vance’s recording (Tantor). Vance has narrated many classics. That makes sense given his rich, sonorous voice.
As the story opens, Vance’s deep, resonant voice captures the sadness and regret of Vincent Frankenstein, a near-frozen survivor rescued by Captain Walton in the North Pole. Frankenstein relates his tale as a warning to the scientifically-curious explorer who expresses an interest in experimentation.
Frankenstein’s narrative frames the famous story, one of the first horror/science-fiction stories in literature. I savored Shelley’s vivid language while I waited to hear about the monster I’d seen depicted in movies. Instead, Frankenstein conveys more horror at what his scientific tinkering has wrought than the object of his invention.
The centerpiece tale, nested within this frame, is told by the creature himself. Vance’s sonorous, full-bodied voice has a depth that evokes the intelligence and loneliness of a giant being who is hated by the humans with whom he wants to connect. This seems the real core of Shelley’s tale and Vance’s intonations, pauses and emotional emphasis express that by making the “wretch’s” painful isolation palpable and his ” vengeful spirit” understandable. The conclusion returns to the initial frame of Frankenstein’s storytelling and makes the tragic ending more horrific than any later conceits rendered by film makers.”
AudioFile Magazine agreed.
This is a new CD rip. The album also had the enclosed ebook. I do not know if this is the 1818 or 1831 version.
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This post has 8 comments with rating of 5/5
May 2nd, 2021
The story came to her in a dream. 18 years of age. Mad stuff.
How successful a movie adaptation of the work is depends entirely upon the sports jacket. It doesn’t have to be a nice jacket, or even fit him that well. But there’s just something about a monster in a blazer. It shows at least he’s making an effort.
May 3rd, 2021
Great story! Thanks. Also, the fact that you’ve heard of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley puts a real kink in this whole patriarchy nonsense.
May 3rd, 2021
Greatly appreciate this. Thank you.
May 3rd, 2021
Thanks a lot!
May 3rd, 2021
Thank you for the upload! Could you upload Ed West’s Iron, Fire, and Ice: The Real History that Inspired Game of Thrones and/or Amy Wallace’s The Prodigy: A Biography of William James Sidis, America’s Greatest Child Prodigy. Thanks!
May 6th, 2021
I wish Dr. Frankenstein was a girl or was homosexual man, that would’ve made the story much better.
May 12th, 2025
hzdrz bro, get a grip on yourself. what’s the point of bitching in every post of frankenstein about Shelley’s writing? This isn’t even the right place for such complaints, because not what the thread’s for. If you think you can do better than one of the most popular pieces of fiction in the past 300 years, give it a shot. You won’t be so bold after trying a few times.
Someone called you a misogynist in the other thread, I had no idea how right they were. No one is this lonely. Find a better use for your time.
May 12th, 2025
hzdrz get a grip. you’re a mess all over this site. take your pathetic wounded boy-man problems to a more fitting venue.
you look like a fool.
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