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Frankenstein
- Author
- Mary Shelley
- Publisher
- Craig Black
- Publish Date
- 1 March 2008
- Run Time
- 8 hours 43 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
What to expect
Soon to be a major new film adaptation written and directed by Guillermo del Toro
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.
Critics Review
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“All three voices are expressive, the vocal acting highly skilled. This is a vibrant rendition of a tragic story that, even with its old-fashioned prose, is often powerful.”
AudioFile
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“A subtle and ironic prophecy that raises the question of who exactly is the real monster in this story.”
500 Great Books by Women
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“Frankenstein has the theoretical and cautionary tone of science fiction.”
Joyce Carol Oates, multiaward–winning American Author
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 4.0
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5.0 4.0
It feels a little obvious to say “wow, this mega-famous book is loved for a reason”, but WOW. Loved it, and felt much more emotional than I expected to.
The narrators were all pretty good (there was sometimes a slightly unusual enunciation that personally took me a bit off-guard, but it wasn’t distracting). I really enjoyed the little production details too, like the music played at the start of a section.eleanorf 2024-06-10
Details
- Author
- Mary Shelley
- Narrator
- Anthony Heald, Stefan Rudnicki, Simon Templeman
- Duration
- 8 hours 43 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 March 2008
- ISBN
- 9781483089607
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Craig Black
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 4.0(1 review)
Synopsis
Soon to be a major new film adaptation written and directed by Guillermo del ToroThis 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.
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