Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus (Version 4) - Free Audiobook

Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus (Version 4) - Free Audiobook

Author(s): Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,

Language: English

1 / 30Introduction and Preface

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30 Chapter(s)
  • 1. Introduction and Preface
  • 2. Letter 1
  • 3. Letter 2
  • 4. Letter 3
  • 5. Letter 4
  • 6. Chapter 1
  • 7. Chapter 2
  • 8. Chapter 3
  • 9. Chapter 4
  • 10. Chapter 5
  • 11. Chapter 6
  • 12. Chapter 7
  • 13. Chapter 8
  • 14. Chapter 9
  • 15. Chapter 10
  • 16. Chapter 11
  • 17. Chapter 12
  • 18. Chapter 13
  • 19. Chapter 14
  • 20. Chapter 15
  • 21. Chapter 16
  • 22. Chapter 17
  • 23. Chapter 18
  • 24. Chapter 19
  • 25. Chapter 20
  • 26. Chapter 21
  • 27. Chapter 22
  • 28. Chapter 23
  • 29. Chapter 24: Part 1
  • 30. Chapter 24: Part 2

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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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