Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus

Written by Mary W. Shelley

Narrated by Arthur Lane

Possessed by obsession, the mad scientist Victor Frankenstein robs graves in search of material to create new life. However, the creature he manages to resurrect does not meet his expectations. Rejected by Frankenstein and deprived of human companionship, it decides to destroy its creator and everything dear to him. This blood-chilling gothic novel, written when Mary Shelley was only nineteen years old, became the precursor of a new genre. It gained the status of a perfect study of the limits of human creativity and destruction, as well as one of the most famous horrors in the world.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gates of Imagination
• Release date: Jun 25, 2023
• ISBN: 9798368913520

Mary W. Shelley

Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin was born in 1797, the daughter of two of the leading radical writers of the age. Her mother died just days after her birth and she was educated at home by her father and encouraged in literary pursuits. She eloped with and subsequently married the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, but their life together was full of hardship. The couple were ruined by disapproving parents and Mary lost three of her four children. Although its subject matter was extremely dark, her first novel Frankenstein (1818) was an instant sensation. Subsequent works such as Mathilda (1819), Valperga (1823) and The Last Man (1826) were less successful but are now finally receiving the critical acclaim that they deserve.