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Frankenstein

By: Mary Shelley
Narrated by: Kenneth Branagh
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 Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, is Mary Shelley's passionate and Gothic tale of terror, in which a man's desire to know the unknowable sweeps him into a living nightmare. Victor Frankenstein's experiments with life itself give birth to an extraordinary force with the potential for either good or evil.Public Domain (P)1997 Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks Classics Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Horror Literary Fiction Scary Magic Mythology Ancient Greece

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"This tale...has been regarded as the origin of modern science fiction." ( The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature")
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I lived the story and the polished narration. At 61 years of age I had no real idea about the story. it was excellent.

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