Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, Version 5: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, Version 5, credited to Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, Version 5 by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Read in English 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

Recording facts

• Recording title: Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, Version 5
• Author credits: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 31
• Listed recording duration: 9:12:01

Catalogue topics

• horror
• frankenstein
• Monster
• choices

Opening tracks: first 24 of 31

1. 01 - Introduction — 16:04
2. 02 - Preface — 4:43
3. 03 - Letter 1 — 8:55
4. 04 - Letter 2 — 9:40
5. 05 - Letter 3 — 2:47
6. 06 - Letter 4 — 18:51
7. 07 - Chapter 1 — 13:02
8. 08 - Chapter 2 — 16:05
9. 09 - Chapter 3 — 19:11
10. 10 - Chapter 4 — 18:05
11. 11 - Chapter 5 — 16:27
12. 12 - Chapter 6 — 19:17
13. 13 - Chapter 7 — 25:17
14. 14 - Chapter 8 — 21:49
15. 15 - Chapter 9 — 16:17
16. 16 - Chapter 10 — 17:28
17. 17 - Chapter 11 — 19:55
18. 18 - Chapter 12 — 14:39
19. 19 - Chapter 13 — 14:52
20. 20 - Chapter 14 — 12:42
21. 21 - Chapter 15 — 22:43
22. 22 - Chapter 16 — 21:53
23. 23 - Chapter 17 — 13:07
24. 24 - Chapter 18 — 19:55

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