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Frankenstein
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Audie Award Finalist, Solo Narration - Male, 2013
Audie Award Finalist, Classic, 2013
Narrator Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey) presents an uncanny performance of Mary Shelley's timeless gothic novel, an epic battle between man and monster at its greatest literary pitch. In trying to create life, the young student Victor Frankenstein unleashes forces beyond his control, setting into motion a long and tragic chain of events that brings Victor to the very brink of madness. How he tries to destroy his creation, as it destroys everything Victor loves, is a powerful story of love, friendship, scientific hubris, and horror.
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- Shesophist
- 2019-10-28
Classic
Great narration of a classic tale. Basically, if you want to be happy, don't dabble in necromancy? :)
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- Anonymous User
- 2021-07-24
Great book but the monster is annoying
Great book, but the middle is a slog. The monster tries to give a filibuster of a monologue every chance he gets and its so annoying.
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- JMC
- 2022-11-07
Shelley’s masterpiece, widely accessible
I’m drawn to this marvellous novel not by its eminent place among horror or science fiction, but as the culmination of Romantic genius. It is indeed hopelessly sentimental, as Victor and the creature each are. Yet it wields a double edge as both those characters do. If you want moralizing, this isn’t it. And yet you’ll need to suspend your 20th- and 21st-century cynicism to believe the majesty and splendour of its lyricism and its vistas.
Dan Stevens’ performance here is admirable, not unassailable. This work demands different voices (because spoken from different perspectives and incorporating extended dialogue), and he hits on almost all of them. The Creature in this performance is at times whiny in his attempt to be sympathetic. (A different tone could make him very threatening, indeed.) Victor is very complex but Stevens for the most part manages not to make him disgusting and at moments heroic.
I’m grateful that this was commissioned and recommend this edition heartily.
[P.S.: this appears to be the 1818 edition, which most scholars now prefer over the more available 1831 edition. Still, it’d have been nice to get Shelley’s 1831 “Introduction” as an appendix.)
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- Sabrina
- 2023-04-18
Well written but long winded
I struggled to finish this. In comparison to Dracula and Dr. Jykell and Mr. Hyde, I found both the monster and Victor Frankenstein quite long winded.
The narration was fabulous, though, and kept me going .
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- Charles Henri
- 2023-11-10
A new outlook on Frankenstein’s creature
I recently read this classic and was surprised to discover that Frankenstein himself appeared more monstrous than the creature he brought to life. The tale highlights how we tend to judge based on appearance, leaving the abandoned creature longing for companionship and guidance. The story evoked strong emotions with well-developed characters, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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- Anonymous User
- 2021-11-20
A perennial classic.
Far and above the Hollywood versions, this story is a poignant and brutal dive into the best and worst of humanity.
Beautifully narrated.
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- humza
- 2020-03-26
a masterful performance
excellent timbre, cadence, pronounciation
exquisite writing and extensive lexical range
highly recommended for native French, Italian Portuguese, or Spanish speakers learning literary English
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- Ali from the Hunted Shelves
- 2019-11-30
Dan Stevens has made the book so enjoyable
Excellent piece of literature. It took me on a ride.
Very thought provoking and way ahead of its time
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- Ashley Willis
- 2022-10-17
Wow! Tragedy your name is Frankenstein
I have not really partaken if literary tragedies before having listened to this. It is a wonderfully written story. I love the poetry of the dialogue and the depth of pain conveyed through the characters. Tragic but beautiful. Enough said.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2022-09-02
Not like the movies
wow... Completely different than movie I've ever seen. On amazingly compelling story that is both tragic and captivating. Beautifully written and very well narrated.
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