Frankenstein

De: Mary Shelley

Narrado por: Tom Casaletto

Featured title in the 2018 PBS Great American Reads

A classic tale of Gothic horror, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein has been a world favorite since it was first published in 1818.

Originally published as part of a contest between Mary Shelley, her husband Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Lord Byron, Frankenstein has since captured countless imaginations. When Dr. Victor Frankenstein learns the secret of imparting life to inanimate matter, he is eager to test his theories. The bones he collects to construct his human subject become a gruesome, frightening creature, endowed with supernatural size and strength. Lonely and miserable, the created comes to hate his creator. When the monster murders Frankenstein’s brother and his bride, the doctor embarks on a heated pursuit, only to put his own life in grave danger.

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Public Domain (P)1993 Brilliance Audio

Much more philosophical than originally supposed!

This "read" has turned out to be much much more philosophical in content and in discussion than I had thought prior. All other Frankenstein retellings I've heard are clearly a fraction of this whole. This book touches on what it means to be alive and goes so far as to address human rights in the most riveting of ways. The narrator's voice made listening to this at night a serious challenge :)