Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
by Mary Shelley
Read by Mark F. Smith
“Beware what you wish for – you may get it!”
These words may have been written for Victor Frankenstein, a proud young man of Switzerland who thought he had the elements of a chemical giant within himself. After some months of feverish work in isolation, he succeeded in creating and animating an actual giant, a homunculus.
Afraid to confront the being, Frankenstein left it to its own devices. Spurned in horror by every human it revealed itself to, beaten and wounded, what was it to do? It locked one thought within its grotesque brain: find its creator, and make him pay! - Summary by Mark Smith
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| Introduction | 16:04 | Read by Mark F. Smith | |
| Preface | 4:43 | Read by Mark F. Smith | |
| Letter 1 | 8:55 | Read by Mark F. Smith | |
| Letter 2 | 9:40 | Read by Mark F. Smith | |
| Letter 3 | 2:47 | Read by Mark F. Smith | |
| Letter 4 | 18:51 | Read by Mark F. Smith | |
| Chapter 1 | 13:02 | Read by Mark F. Smith | |
| Chapter 2 | 16:05 | Read by Mark F. Smith | |
| Chapter 3 | 19:11 | Read by Mark F. Smith | |
| Chapter 4 | 18:05 | Read by Mark F. Smith | |
| Chapter 5 | 16:27 | Read by Mark F. Smith | |
| Chapter 6 | 19:17 | Read by Mark F. Smith | |
| Chapter 7 | 25:17 | Read by Mark F. Smith | |
| Chapter 8 | 21:49 | Read by Mark F. Smith | |
| Chapter 9 | 16:17 | Read by Mark F. Smith | |
| Chapter 10 | 17:28 | Read by Mark F. Smith | |
| Chapter 11 | 19:55 | Read by Mark F. Smith | |
| Chapter 12 | 14:39 | Read by Mark F. Smith | |
| Chapter 13 | 14:52 | Read by Mark F. Smith | |
| Chapter 14 | 12:42 | Read by Mark F. Smith | |
| Chapter 15 | 22:43 | Read by Mark F. Smith | |
| Chapter 16 | 21:53 | Read by Mark F. Smith | |
| Chapter 17 | 13:07 | Read by Mark F. Smith | |
| Chapter 18 | 19:55 | Read by Mark F. Smith | |
| Chapter 19 | 17:56 | Read by Mark F. Smith | |
| Chapter 20 | 23:55 | Read by Mark F. Smith | |
| Chapter 21 | 24:25 | Read by Mark F. Smith | |
| Chapter 22 | 23:59 | Read by Mark F. Smith | |
| Chapter 23 | 17:48 | Read by Mark F. Smith | |
| Chapter 24, Pt 1 | 29:29 | Read by Mark F. Smith | |
| Chapter 24, Pt 2 | 30:45 | Read by Mark F. Smith |