Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797 - 1851)
Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction, Gothic Fiction
Read by: John Van Stan in English
Chapters:

00:00:00 - 00 - Introduction and Preface

00:20:40 - 01 - Letter 1

00:30:10 - 02 - Letter 2

00:40:23 - 03 - Letter 3

00:42:58 - 04 - Letter 4

01:03:33 - 05 - Chapter 1

01:16:16 - 06 - Chapter 2

01:32:46 - 07 - Chapter 3

01:52:23 - 08 - Chapter 4

02:10:18 - 09 - Chapter 5

02:27:33 - 10 - Chapter 6

02:47:23 - 11 - Chapter 7

03:16:01 - 12 - Chapter 8

03:38:56 - 13 - Chapter 9

03:54:56 - 14 - Chapter 10

04:13:42 - 15 - Chapter 11

04:36:22 - 16 - Chapter 12

04:53:30 - 17 - Chapter 13

05:10:26 - 18 - Chapter 14

05:23:56 - 19 - Chapter 15

05:50:11 - 20 - Chapter 16

06:16:10 - 21 - Chapter 17

06:31:40 - 22 - Chapter 18

06:53:10 - 23 - Chapter 19

00:00:00 - 24 - Chapter 20

00:26:48 - 25 - Chapter 21

00:52:53 - 26 - Chapter 22

01:17:53 - 27 - Chapter 23

01:38:43 - 28 - Chapter 24: Part 1

02:02:43 - 29 - Chapter 24: Part 2

This is a classic (gothic) horror story, and one of the earliest examples of science fiction. The main characters are Dr. Frankenstein and his creation, the daemon. Shelley called the scientist a 'pale student of unhallowed arts' and his creation a 'hideous phantasm of a man.' This story is not only delightfully frightful, but arguably represents one of the clearest criticisms of science during a time when, like the daemon, it was leaving its own infancy and, like Dr. Frankenstein, testing its ethical boundaries. As Shelley said, 'Frightful must it be; for supremely frightful would be the effect of any human endeavour to mock the stupendous mechanism of the Creator of the world. His success would terrify the artist; he would rush away from his odious handywork, horror-stricken.' - Summary by jvanstan

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