Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus (by Mary Shelley)

FRANKENSTEIN, OR THE MODERN PROMETHEUS by Mary Shelley (unabridged) is presented by Blackstone Audio and comes with what is perhaps the best audiobook app available (see FEATURES, below).

An ambitious young scientist succeeds in creating a living creature but one whose visage repulses even its maker. Condemned to loneliness by the fear he inspires, the creature learns to hate and destroy, becoming the monster he is taken for. This Gothic masterpiece is also recognized as the first science-fiction novel.

Self-contained, this audiobook app is perfect for your commute, on a trip, or while relaxing. Based on a library-quality recording, this app was built especially for your iPhone and iPod Touch. No unreadable text, no endless scrolling on a tiny screen. The audio is of higher-than-normal quality, making for a great listening experience that will not tire your ears or grate on your nerves.

NOTICE: This app includes the exact same 5-star recording offered elsewhere at much higher prices. It was professionally recorded by Blackstone Audio as a special multivoiced production narrated by film and television star Anthony Heald, Grammy winner Stefan Rudnicki, and actor Simon Templeman, under the direction of award-winning audio producer Yuri Rasovsky. You are not buying yet another amateur or volunteer narration. No clicks, background noises, throat clearing, mispronunciations, tinny voices or monotones will be found here.

“A subtle and ironic prophecy that raises the question of who exactly is the real monster in this story.” (Jesse Larsen, 500 Great Books by Women)


•EXPERIENCE. About 8.5 hours of narration. Created as a Folium enhancedAudio™ edition, this book includes extra functions and features not found on lesser players.

•PLAYER CONTROLS. Includes listen (play), pause, multi-speed fast forward/reverse, jump ahead/back, chapter skip, volume control, one-touch chapter- and bookmark browser. There is also a “scrub” bar that finds any point inside the chapter with just a tap.

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•CHAPTER TIMINGS. Always know how much time it will take to finish a chapter. Plus, the progress bar at the top of the screen shows how far into the book you’ve come.

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•AUTO-BOOKMARKING. The player remembers where you stopped listening and returns to that exact spot when you open the book again.

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RATING: 9+ for some mildly violent and frightening scenes.

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Dr. Victor Frankenstein, an ambitious young scientist, is consumed by a fanatic desire to create a living being. He fashions an eight-foot-tall 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.

Frankenstein, a masterpiece of nineteenth-century Gothic horror and considered to be the first science-fiction novel, is a subversive tale about the corrupt tendencies in humanity’s most “civilized” ambitions.