Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus

by Mary Shelley, Sarah Faulkner (Introduction)

Overview

Gorgeous Collector's Edition of the masterpiece from the gothic pen of Mary Shelley. Victor Frankenstein is a man of science obsessed with creation. However, on achieving a miracle, Frankenstein finds himself horrified by the creature of his own making.

This new version includes two companion pieces, 'Transformation', and 'The Mortal Immortal', as well as Aeschylus' original Prometheus Bound.

Flame Tree Collector's Editions present the foundations of speculative fiction, authors without whom the imaginative literature of the twentieth century would not exist, bringing the best and most influential writers into a striking and collectable library. Each book features a new introduction, a short biography and a glossary of Gothic and Victorian terms.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781839644771
Publisher:	Flame Tree Publishing
Publication date:	05/11/2021
Series:	Flame Tree Collector's Editions
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	4.60(w) x 6.70(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797–1851) was born in London, to her father the writer William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft. Mary's early life was unconventional and by the age of 16 she eloped with the then-married Percy Bysshe Shelley. Amongst their friends were Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Lord Byron, the latter of whom offered the challenge to Mary to write a ghost story which later became Frankenstein.

Sarah Faulkner teaches English at the University of Washington. Her main areas of research are Romanticism, 18/19C Literature, Women’s Writing, Scottish Studies, and Book History. As well as her research and teaching interests, she is involved with public humanities and outreach, and in 2018 helped co-ordinate the Frankenreads event at UW, a reading of Frankenstein to celebrate the novel’s 200th anniversary.

Editorial Reviews

"Simon Vance's regal English accent provides the perfect tone for this early-nineteenth-century moral exploration of mankind's use of knowledge." ---AudioFile

From the Publisher

Simon Vance narrates this no-frills production of what is widely regarded as the first science-fiction novel ever published. FRANKENSTEIN may be one of the most oft-recorded novels of all time, but this version is certainly a fine one. In fact, it's hard to imagine one better. Simon Vance's regal English accent provides the perfect tone for this early-nineteenth-century moral exploration of mankind's use of knowledge. Mary Shelley wrote a book that may surprise those whose experience with the story is only from movies. Nearly two hundred years later, it is still thoughtful and completely worthwhile. The final CD includes what the publisher calls an “eBook,” a convenient electronic print version (in PDF format) for those who want to follow along. S.D.D. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine

JULY 2008 - AudioFile