Listen free for 30 days

Try for $0.00
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo + applicable taxes after 30 days. Cancel anytime.
Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus cover art

Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus

Written by: Mary Shelley
Narrated by: Simon Templeman, Anthony Heald, Stefan Rudnicki
Try for $0.00

$14.95 per month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for $17.12

Buy Now for $17.12

Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Tax where applicable.

Publisher's Summary

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 19th-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.
Public Domain (P)2008 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Classics Horror Fantasy
Show more Show less

What listeners say about Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus

Average Customer Ratings
Overall
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    2
  • 4 Stars
    1
  • 3 Stars
    2
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Performance
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    2
  • 4 Stars
    2
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    1
  • 1 Stars
    0
Story
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    5
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Audible.ca reviews

Amazon Reviews
Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars
Profile Image for Anonymous User

Original 1818 text, Preface, and the 4 Letters!

If you're looking for the closest thing to an Original 1818 text of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and need it for scholarly purposes, then this is the Audiobook you've been looking for! Can't stress this enough. Audio is very true to the text and I've spent well over 2 hours trying to find the exact right one. (you are welcome).
Outside of needing a specific version of the story, this is the truest edition out there that I could find. Why settle for a re-telling of the story when you can experience the Imagination and world Mary Shelley incepted now 200 years ago!

Report this

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful