Frankenstein: or The Modern Prometheus

by Mary Shelley Narrated by Simon Templeman, Anthony Heald

Overview

This special unabridged, multivoiced production of Mary Shelley's masterpiece of nineteenth-century Gothic horror is narrated by film and television star Anthony Heald, joined by Grammy winner Stefan Rudnicki and actor Simon Templeman, under the direction of award-winning audio producer Yuri Rasovsky.

Dr. Victor Frankenstein, an ambitious young scientist, is consumed by a fanatic desire to create a living being. He fashions an eight-foot creature and succeeds in animating him but, horrified by his visage, perceives his creation to be a monster and frightens him away. The monster, wandering in search of human companionship, is spurned and repulsed by all he approaches and learns to hate and to kill. He confronts his maker with a terrible choice: unless Frankenstein creates for him a mate, he will go on a rampage of destruction.

A subversive tale about the corrupt tendencies in humanity's most “civilized” ambitions, this haunting thriller, the original science fiction novel, maintains its hold in the collective imagination centuries after its first publication.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Ranked #24 in Newsweek's "Top 50 Books You Should Read to Understand the Way We Live Now"

"The select bibliography by M.K. Joseph is of benefit to our students."—Dr. Darlene J. Alberts, Ohio Dominican College

"This has proved ideal for my Freshman class...compact, inexpensive, clearly printed with margins big enough to scribble in!"—Hilary Kaplan, University of California and Los Angeles

"The best general edition of this classic text in terms of text, notes, and general design."—Barry M. Katz, Stanford University

"Indispensable for the study of Shelley's Frankenstein."—Eric Rabkin, University of Michigan

"Marilyn Butlers introduction was comprehensive and informative and provided a valuable background for my general intro to lit students. The inclusion of the apprndices was also useful and thought-provoking."—Stephanie Wardrop, Colorado State University

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169751338
Publisher:	Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Publication date:	03/01/2008
Edition description:	Unabridged

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