"Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus" is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a grotesque but sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition of the novel was published anonymously in London in 1818, when she was 20. Her name first appeared on the second edition, published in France in 1823. This is a recording of the 1818 edition. The Letters: 00:00 - Letter 1 07:54 - Letter 2 14:26 - Letter 3 16:03 - Letter 4 Volume 1: 30:15 - Vol 1, Chapter 1 47:54 - Vol 1, Chapter 2 1:01:20 - Vol 1, Chapter 3 1:16:39 - Vol 1, Chapter 4 1:30:39 - Vol 1, Chapter 5 1:47:48 - Vol 1, Chapter 6 2:08:47 - Vol 1, Chapter 7 Volume 2: 2:27:41 - Vol 2, Chapter 1 (HB C08) 2:40:39 - Vol 2, Chapter 2 (HB C09) 2:55:24 - Vol 2, Chapter 3 (HB C10) 3:14:12 - Vol 2, Chapter 4 (HB C11) 3:27:34 - Vol 2, Chapter 5 (HB C12) 3:40:43 - Vol 2, Chapter 6 (HB C13) 3:52:10 - Vol 2, Chapter 7 (HB C14) 4:11:32 - Vol 2, Chapter 8 (HB C15) 4:30:03 - Vol 2, Chapter 9 (HB C16) Volume 3: 4:41:30 - Vol 3, Chapter 1 (HB C17) 4:57:26 - Vol 3, Chapter 2 (HB C18) 5:12:22 - Vol 3, Chapter 3 (HB C19) 5:32:04 - Vol 3, Chapter 4 (HB C20) 5:53:06 - Vol 3, Chapter 5 (HB C21) 6:13:24 - Vol 3, Chapter 6 (HB C22) 6:28:14 - Vol 3, Chapter 7 (HB C23) Bandcamp link: horrorbabble.bandcamp.com/album/frankenstein-or-the-modern-prometheus Narrated by Ian Gordon and Jennifer Gill for HorrorBabble Music and production by Ian Gordon Support us on Bandcamp or Patreon: horrorbabble.bandcamp.com www.patreon.com/horrorbabble HorrorBabble MERCH: teespring.com/stores/horrorbabble-merch Search HORRORBABBLE to find us on: AUDIBLE / ITUNES / SPOTIFY Home: www.horrorbabble.com Rue Morgue: www.rue-morgue.com Social Media: facebook.com/HorrorBabble instagram.com/horrorbabble twitter.com/HorrorBabble
Thanks Patty - I'm going to update the video description/pinned comment with these volume headers. We initially recorded the book as a series, and so the volumes were dropped. Bit of a pain now, but you live and learn!
Hope my comment was more of a help and less of an annoyance. I didn't intend to criticize only to be helpful to anyone using the volumes. Btw, thank you for this spectacular reading. It is perfectly done and wonderful to listen to this season! 🎃
I have dyslexia so it’s hard for me to read clearly and fluently so I use audio books to read and to complete assignments for class, so this was very useful and kept me very interested in the book for the the whole time
I feel that so much, I'm not dyslexic but I have ADHD and my brain won't let me focus on a book anymore, and it made me so sad because I love to read. Then I discovered audiobooks and it's been a game changer, I can do something else while reading and it's perfect!!
The only thing that could make it better is captions. 👀 His voice really helps put me in the story but sometimes the annunciation makes it hard to understand some words
Such a good narration! I love the background noise and sound effects. It adds so much mood and atmosphere to the story. I can't believe that this is completely free on RUclips, thank you so much for that!
This could seriously be HorrorBabble's magnum opus! What a wonderful reading! And it occurred to me that I'd never actually read the book. Having savored this performance I can truly see why it's been regarded as a classic for two hundred years. Bravo!😎🔥🙌
There are 27 thumbs down. I wonder what those people expected! They can’t be complaining about the narration because that’s wonderful, did they think the story was something else? I just find it very weird!
It doesn't matter what the video is, there will always be dislikes... On every single RUclips video. It's really strange. I think there are people who just go video to video, disliking them. Maybe it's bots, I don't know. But I agree, it's really fucking weird.
I wonder if it’s because the audio script is not the same as the 1818 version of the book, despite claiming to be the 1818 version. I’m reading along with my copy, but have been confused by it a few times
@@charbostock2079 I am listening along with a copy of the original 1818 text published by broadview and it is the same! It does say second edition on it though perhaps there are multiple editions?
What a wonderful audio! It was such a pleasure reading along. Thank you for also putting time stamps to each vol, chapter and overall chapters. This really saved me so much time!
Wonderful audiobook! It undoubtedly enhances the reading experience of such a piece of literature. Thanks a lot. Keep up the great work! Greetings from CR 🇨🇷
So I have to read this for my uni course but I can only read on a night when I’m too tired to focus. So I searched for audiobook and your voice makes me actually enjoy it as oppose to the Siri type readers.
"scientists are the crop-dusters of death" - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley knew this quite well, no matter how gentille her language. This reading made me realize what a despicable individual Victor Frankenstein was. Thank you , HorrorBabble, for a marvelous narration! Forgotten Weird Tales are already reaching for me (:
@HorrorBabble - much obliged! I have started The King in Yellow now, which I have bought some years ago and know almost by heart. But again, listening to your narration gives an extra, much cherished quality. Dear Ian, regarding The King In Yellow, the entity known as Hastur and public dominion, there are some things I's like to share with you. I'll try to do this during the various Chambers' narrations in the next hours and days. It might be of interest and could result in a few gems for your channel.
Yes Shelley's Viktor Frankenstein was quite despicable and cowardly up till the chase, certainly to little, to late. However I get the impression this is not how Shelley saw him. She directly paints him as noble and loyal in heart, but in order to bring forth the trials , confusions and subsequently the despair and brutality of his unholy creation . She had no choice but to use him as both hero and antagonist....I've read it a few times and had wondered if she was aware of this paradox and could not avoid it, or given she wrote it participating in a game played out with friends and being an intelligent playful young woman possibly she simply didn't give a damn.
@@ronaldvronca8999 I'm afraid Shelley did see her Frankenstein as a noble being, driven more by horror than by guilt, so "refined" (hysterical), he was unable to bear looking at ugliness, much less deal with it, his brain couldn't "take the strain". His creation could only ever admire and strive for nobility, but never achieve it - being a "brute". Heroic Frankenstein a whiny coward, the "creature" active, progressive developing. I'd like to think she was fully aware of the sarcasm, but believe she was too young and caught up in her life, time, and the excitement of having joined the fabulous and shady clique around Byron, to analyze deeply enough what to us, in our time, is so screetchingly obvious. She would have been, at need, been able to defend her work as being "moral", pointing out that only god has the right and ability to create. Like Margaret Murray, Shelley couldn't completely alienate all the social circles that, then, still had way too much influence, especially over female writers. In the end, it's up to the reader to interpret stories individually - Mary Shelley might have written something that simply pleased her. For her, that was enough, so possibly she simply did indeed not give a damn (: 🌙✨
Thank you for the exchange, I hadn't expected one especially so soon and well thought out....an 18 year old regardless of gender or society writing something so thought provoking and probably the foundation of today's horror tales nothing short of astounding. That it WAS written by a young woman during a stormy weekend in the company of Percy and Byron it is a masterpiece . What a mind... The circumstances that set the stage for Frankenstein, myth or fact ?
@@ronaldvronca8999 To those who were present at the gestation of this tale, myth and fact probably were as unseparable as they should be to us, now. Knowing a little about the "scientists", alchemists and occultists at various times in history, along with the freedom the protection and wealth of a noble-blooded patron supplied, I would not put anything beyond the possible. The tales of man creating some form of life are as old as tale-telling itself, all cultures have myths and stories like this, golems, zombies, Dr. Moreau's animal people - inspired by the gods of Egypt, if you want to believe the esotherica and apocrypha around many older horror tales (I enjoy them greatly), all these have found their ways repeatedly into modern fiction in all forms, Cat People and Blade Runner coming to mind here But regarding myth or fact in older fantastic/horror literature, the best example is H.P. Lovecraft himself. Not only have he and his contemporaries and "heirs" created a true myth-cycle, they have, in their time, made many people believe their writing was based on facts and actual lore. Lovecraft's letters - and some of Howard's are fun to read, if you like to take a look into the mind of early "fandom". Personally, I don't much like the word "fan". Being derived from "fanatic", it gives a slightly off taste to people who cherish genres, authors, stories - or movies, tv-series, graphic novels, the medium doesn't really matter. It is my pleasure to be part of this conversation! It's rare to find someone who is willing/able to enter discourses that stay within the tone and atmosphere of the literature that started the exchange.
Thanks so much. After going through a few audio books, this one had the best voices, and British ones too so I really enjoyed this reading. Will be sharing with others. X
When i'm at work I listen to audiobooks, and I usually listen to shorter stuff from Horror Babble but I wanted to hear Frankenstein and am glad you did it. Your readings are much better than the average stuff you find around (unless it's somebody like Vincent Price or whatever doing Edgar Allan Poe).... and frankly I don't see (as a video maker myself) how in the world you do 7 hour readings but here we are! Thanks for taking the time and the trouble to do this.
Excellent! Thank you for keeping our history alive! The era in which this book was originally penned was the Golden Age of literature. Much like classical music, much of what has come after is but a candle in the presence of the sun. The social commentary on the birth of the industrial age which Frankenstein's creature embodies being the birth a monstrosity is pure genius. What a woman she must have been! I can see why a poet like Percy fell head over heels for her...
Gonna have to disagree. As great as the book is I can’t help but feel the subtlety and nuances of most of Frankenstein’s film adaptations (the Universal studios endeavors in particular) have really gone on to outshine the book and deservedly so. It’s one thing to have the creature tell us about his pain. It’s quite another to see it play out and experience the pain along side him.
Thank you very much for all your hard work and time to upload this wonderful work! She was a amazing person, but you can see all the signs of her times throughout her entire work. Times and attitudes have changed so much.
I want to point out that Frankenstein just ASSUMES that his creation killed his brother, and while he is proved right when his creation admits it, it doesn’t change the fact that he had no proof before hand
Ian Gordon, Jennifer Gill, Horrorbabble as a metaphysical whole. I know you recieve thanks and appreciation from your listeners very often, myself included. But I almost hate to profess, before finding your channel I hadn't heard most of the classic material you offer. As such, I'd like to extend my deepest thanks, as a fan for bringing me to a volume I'm ashamed I hadn't read earlier. I've never identified so much with a character in my life. As someone who found unjustified dislike from just about everyone he's met. It brings comfort to know these experiences are shared, even in fictional characters. I guess that's what makes them more real than you or I, in some ways. The influence they have on people's lives is great but the influence you folks have on mine is much, much greater. I only wish I had the financial stability to support your channel in more meaningful ways... For now, I shall continue to reccomend your channel to anyone in need of literary, spiritual, or philosophical guidance. Books can teach us a damn sight more than anyone in modern "Technological" society is willing to admit. Thank you for bringing us these literary treasures and helping us not to forget. 🙏🏻 Good health to you and yours, a long term fan. 🐺 🖤
Ian.. you and Jennifer did an amazing job on this. It's a large.. huge volume of text so I cant imagine the amount of work that went into it. Its award winning quality.. so thank you both. Spoiler post: Ive never read this only saw the movies etc.. I was in awe when Justine took the fall and he just let her die to keep his secret lol. Wow.. and visit her in prison knowing that.. just wow. And this came from an 18 yo girl in the 1800s.
Listening to the original text. I never knew there was so much to Frankesteins Monster and the story itself. I originally considered it began as the 1931 movie. Upon listen to this my mind is open further to its history, Thank you Horrorbabble!
I've been trying to finish this for the past 2-3 weeks. Unfortunately, I have trained myself to fall asleep to your channel, so I only get through 10-15 minutes at a time before I lose conciousness, so have to rewind until I pick up where I fell off into sleep.
bravo! a beautiful audio recording and gift. indeed, the golden age of literature and a high reflection on the arts created by independent scholars and polyamorous, independent souls!
Excellent narration as always. This story, even with it's sometimes aged and heavy language, deserve it's place as a horror classic. I felt genuine horror, at times, and I rarely do that when listening to such stories. However, I have read it before, and the last time I read it I felt more sympathy for the main characters. Now, they just come off as a pair of whiny, pompous, self-absorbed drama queens. The scene where Justince is convicted to death and Victor has the audacity to feel sorry for himself, for the guilt he feels. And Adam is no better. For all the injustice he's suffered, he is just a serial killer. I mean, if he just offed Victor, that would have been another matter. But killing innocents to hurt Victor by proxy? A person that lashes out violently because he was treated badly used to seem tragic to me, but now it just feels pathetic. But again, this does not diminish the fact that this is a masterpiece.
Hi again Mr Ian. To keep momentum going I wanted to leave a few things to say about this. Even though it’s not my usual I feel it’s worth acknowledging in ideas of psychology, science, and homage. And with that I want to say I hope this helps. In Psychology and intent. One thing I enjoyed unexpectedly in this book is the Monsters intent, with the reasons for his hunt and vendetta against his father Victor. You see in the story it explains that the monster learned to comprehend while reading Milton’s paradise lost. This is fascinating as a detail as it cast the monster in a different light as he learned to lie. This elevates the monster mentally past a dumb animal and makes his kills really on the level of Murder. His bride, his young cousin I think, and even him, they are all acts committed by a creature that can think and feel so he has wronged Victor no matter how much he says other wise. This kind of parallels with Paradise Lost in a lot of ways as Adam and Even ate from the tree, gaining knowledge and now understood the consequences of their actions. Satan in his intent to free humanity through deception. And adding Victor how god loves his creations by casting them out of Eden. I feel it’s worth bringing up because in other sources they claim the monster learned to read because of the Bible and in the classic Karloff an old blind man taught him. So these are fascinating differences and changes the whole “Victor is evil and the monster is good dynamic”. This leads into Science. One thing about the Gothics of this age and why I love them is their dip into questions of science. And it starts really soon with the narrators letters explaining the Poles and their electrical currents. It contextualizes the destination as this land of scientific discovery and infinite possibility, but frames it also like the poles in their scientific power are monstrous Titan that can’t be tamed. This ends up leading to an understanding between Victor and our narrator. How one tries to tame the natural sciences of the world and ends up being punished. For like the monster punished with loneliness brought on from his creation, Victor too is punished by the implications of what he made. And having all this takes place in the arctic where it seems man isn’t allowed to go or discover. Such as the Modern Prometheus as he gives this forbidden knowledge to man as he is punished with being pecked at by a great bird. Just like the John Milton story, I’m not sure how intentional the connection with prometheus is, but it led to a fascinating view of god and science. This finally leads to homage. The most important homage in this case being Herbert West Reanimator, and once you see the differences it makes comparing them very much fascinating. Compared to victor who conquered death by making life, Herbert Conquered death by bringing it back. But unlike the monster who opened his eyes fresh to the world. The reanimated opened their eyes from outer spheres to be 3 dimensional agsin and it broke them. If anything it’s a worst thing Herbert West did as they probably saw their dreams as a physical embodiment and to lose that is a new torture. And with that it’s appropriate that Herbert is killed by what he brought back. The monster fresh to the world filled with so much blank space to fill with knowledge only left it with rage. As going back to Paradise Loss and Prometheus. He has no given purpose, and he had no knowledge to pass on. So his life was his hatred of Victor. And finally to end this analysis. Remember that he asked for his bride. Now he acknowledged that she will be no more miserable than him and he didn’t care. He wanted her so he can not be lonely. This shows that unlike Victor he learned the consequences of creating life, the monster wishes they for another sentient creature like him. And even up to the end when he declared his intent to commit suicide after his fathers death, he never said he loved Victor or was sorry. He really earned the title monster as he earned the surname Frankenstein. As for the reading. The voices all matched bringing that coming of academic scholarship to unknown lands and mindsets and to me it should be up there with your lovecraft and blackwood readings. The time where we have to ask if we can recreate superstition in a laboratory. Hope you are having a wonderful evening, and if it’s raining I hope it gives you and miss jennifer a little peace. -Rhett
HorrorBabble always welcome! I know I could have just went with the obvious analysis of how Victor is wrong and the monster is right. But I feel it’s worth adding a counter thesis so that an audience can reach their own conclusion. Just glad you enjoyed it.
This was a spectacular audiobook. If in need of any recommendations, William Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist would definitely suit this channel! Keep up the great work :)
I feel attaching the label of just "Horror" to this book is doing it a great disservice &, speaking from my own experience as a young reader it can result in "Horror" fans finding this book dull as while they are looking for the 'scary/frightening' parts they often miss the entire point of the book & the actual horror the book contains which is the monsterous behaviour, attitudes, ignorance, lack of empathy & understanding, evil, etc of people revealed in the mirror that Shelley holds up to humans/human soceity as opposed to creatures appearance &/or actions.
I see where you're coming from, but I'm on the opposite side of the fence. The horror genre is slowly being removed from the shelves of bookshops here in the UK, rebranded as sci-fi/fantasy, which, in my view as a horror enthusiast, is thoroughly depressing. Frankenstein, as far as I'm concerned, is the perfect example of what horror can be -- something much more than cheap thrills and gore. If we disassociate classics works such as this, then horror and what it represents will be trampled underfoot. Ian.
Whenever I have been asked of the one topic which rarely fails to ignite an animated conversation, that being; name 5 people of history you would most want to have had met and talked with. Without hesitation Mary Shelley has always been in my top 5.....most people in our modern times are amazed to learn Shelley was just 18 when she wrote The Modern Prometheus or Frankenstein. Not a reason of interest to me, for in her time educated young ladies were considered to be socially mature at the ripe old age of 14. I am in love with her, ironically though seen as a mature young lady she still in those times was more companion than an equal. And that is the crime. If her mind had been that of a young man, today she (he) would be celebrated as one of histories greatest authors. Not for her accomplishments but for her thoughts ...damn I would have loved to know her thoughts.
By far the audio I’ve seen for a book ever. Thanks bro this helps a lot cause I’m reading Frankenstein for English. I guess I got lucky I found this, the audio book that my teacher provided was bland unlike this one.
This reading is simply superb! Have you had a crack at Bram Stoker's Dracula by any chance? I can only imagine how amazing a job you'd do with that old monster!
notes: . . . Lettere di uno a sua sorella Frankestein che parla della storia della propria famiglia e di come è nato e ora come sta crescendo 41:00 suo padre gli dice di non leggere alchimia ma scienza no cornelius ma lui continua comunque, sogna la pietre filosofale e l'elixir della vita 49:00 muore sua madre page 26 1:10:00 inizia la creazione di un uomo page 34 1:18:00 chapter 4 page 38 si sveglia il mostro, apre gli occhi 2:08:43 Victor si sente in colpa perché per colpa sua Justine andrà in galera. Nonostante ciò Justine si sente sicura di se, della sua innocenza Justine si difende dalle accuse con la massima franchezza 2:27:00 Justine è morta(pena di morte) Vixtor si sente troppo in colpa 2:33:00 Elizabeth non crederebbe più nell'umanità se Justine fosse un'assassina. Elizabeth nota che Victor(pensa che sia colpa sua perchè ha creato il mostro) è più nervoso di lei e gli dici di calmarsi 2:47:00 Victor incontra la sua creatura e lui è incazzato ma il mostro è molto calmo nelle sue parole e dice che ammazzerà persone( non conferma di essere l'assassino) che lo odiano ma non lui suo creatore 2:55:24 Il mostro parla dei suoi primi attimi di vita e di come cerca di sopravvivere 3:04:00 il villaggio che lo vede va contro di lui e lui scappa 3:08:00 trova un cottage, spia questa famiglia e nota come si comportano 3:14:00 quando ammirava i vicini li sentiva parlare ma ammette che al tempo non sapevo ancora parlare 3:17:00 dice quello che la famiglia possiede 3:19:00 impara le parole e dice come prova sentimenti guardandoli,, come è triste quando sono tristi ecc 3:26:00 vuole prima il loro favore e poi il loro amore presentandosi, è consapevole che non piacerà mai a loro perchè è un mostro 3:28:00 arriva la primavera 3:30:00 arriva una ragazza araba(Safie), le insegnano la lingua e il mostro impara con loro. Impara anche la storia dei piu grandi imperi umani visto che Felix legge a Safie un libro di storia. Il mostro sa parlare e capisce quasi tutto ora 3:37:00 si rende conto che è un mostro e si odia perché è diverso dagli uomini. il fatto che loro non lo conoscono li fa venire voglia di parlargli. Impara come gli umani crescono, con i genitori, le differenze dei generi. Si accorge che non hai mai avuto genitori e si pensa che da quando ricorda lui è stato sproporzionato e grande, non ha mai avuto genitori. La domanda lo turba. 3:44:00 Storia di Safie, Felix vide vide il giudizio verso suo padre che lui pensava ingiusto, il padre li dice che li da soldi se lo aiuta, lui rifiuta, ma il padre di safie nota che si era preso una cotta allora il padre le promette la mano di Safie 3:52:00 racconta tutta la loro(cottagers) storia ma non si capisce quasi un cazzo 3:57:00 Parla delle letture che lo hanno formato intellettualmente 4:00:00 legge un foglio preso da Victor prima di saper leggere e capisce la sua origine, si fa schifo. Ripete che l'incontro con i cottagers deciderà il suo futuro 4:03:00 ha un piano per parlarci e vuole incontrare il vecchio quando è da solo, il padre 4:05:30 Parla con il vecchio che è cieco e non lo può giudicare 4:11:30 Entra la famiglia, tutti si spaventano tranne Felix che va da lui o le lo allontana dal padre, il mostro cade per terra e nel tumulto scappa 4:13:00 Dopo il fatto della casa lui decide di dare vendetta al suo creatore(lo odia e glielo dice mentre li racconta tutto) perchè l'umanità non lo vorrà mai quindi non devi esser gentile con loro 5:12:00 Va a Londra con un amico e inizia a costruire una lei mostro, è un buon punto 5:13:00 page 125 che le creature potrebbero odiarsi e non piacersi perché la donna potrebbe odiare l'uomo e preferire gli umani o potrebbero fare figli e portare casino sulla terra il mostro che lo ha seguito si accorge che ha distrutto ciò che ha costruito e allora si incazza con lui, (gli fa paura) 5:35:00 trovano un cadavere(Clerval) che sicuramente è stato ucciso dal mostro, per la sua reazione al modus operandi Victor viene considerato colpevole 5:46:00 il padre lo viene a trovare e sta subito meglio Victor(Stava malissimo nella prigione perché si sente in colpa), trovano testimoni che confermano che si trovasse da un'altra parte quella sera e viene liberato 6:01:00 parte più bella, lettera d'amore da Elizabeth a Victor, molto cute Ha paura che sposandosi con lei il mostro si vendicherà di lui ammazando chi ama cioè lei, allora victor le spiega cosa potrebbe succedere 6:10:00 Eli e Vic si sono sposati e passaranno due giorni da soli
Well this one is very hard. Of course his first crime, the making of the monster, was terrible. No thought at all went into whether he should create him! However after he had done so, he bore the responsibility for him and his actions. If he couldn’t kill him, then I think he should have made the monster a mate. I do however see Frankenstein’s point of view. What do others think?
i felt terribly sorry for the monster. he was like a lost child, forever to be rejected. its a life of loneliness beyond baring. i couldnt truly blame him for his hatred. as wise as he was, he himself knew that his anger is because no one showed kindness to him. no creature, let alone human, can be that stoic to not care how the entire world treats him. on the contrary, the wiser he is the bitter his self hatred and rage becomes. victor on the other hand is a whiny, selfish, irresponsible brat. the type of person that will blame the world for his wrong doings.
It's far more than a 'horror' book & if one's focus is just on scary/frightening parts I imagine it is dull book as one will fail to grasp the entire point of the book & virtually all the ideas expressed & the concepts being examined.
Apparently it's a read of the 1818 edition so the closest to that you get, the most similar it will be. I'm not sure there are PDFs of it but Google books might have it
"Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus" is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a grotesque but sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition of the novel was published anonymously in London in 1818, when she was 20. Her name first appeared on the second edition, published in France in 1823.
This is a recording of the 1818 edition.
The Letters:
00:00 - Letter 1
07:54 - Letter 2
14:26 - Letter 3
16:03 - Letter 4
Volume 1:
30:15 - Vol 1, Chapter 1
47:54 - Vol 1, Chapter 2
1:01:20 - Vol 1, Chapter 3
1:16:39 - Vol 1, Chapter 4
1:30:39 - Vol 1, Chapter 5
1:47:48 - Vol 1, Chapter 6
2:08:47 - Vol 1, Chapter 7
Volume 2:
2:27:41 - Vol 2, Chapter 1 (HB C08)
2:40:39 - Vol 2, Chapter 2 (HB C09)
2:55:24 - Vol 2, Chapter 3 (HB C10)
3:14:12 - Vol 2, Chapter 4 (HB C11)
3:27:34 - Vol 2, Chapter 5 (HB C12)
3:40:43 - Vol 2, Chapter 6 (HB C13)
3:52:10 - Vol 2, Chapter 7 (HB C14)
4:11:32 - Vol 2, Chapter 8 (HB C15)
4:30:03 - Vol 2, Chapter 9 (HB C16)
Volume 3:
4:41:30 - Vol 3, Chapter 1 (HB C17)
4:57:26 - Vol 3, Chapter 2 (HB C18)
5:12:22 - Vol 3, Chapter 3 (HB C19)
5:32:04 - Vol 3, Chapter 4 (HB C20)
5:53:06 - Vol 3, Chapter 5 (HB C21)
6:13:24 - Vol 3, Chapter 6 (HB C22)
6:28:14 - Vol 3, Chapter 7 (HB C23)
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For myself (and anyone else) while reading along with the book broken down into volumes
The Letters:
00:15 - Letter 1
07:54 - Letter 2
14:26 - Letter 3
16:03 - Letter 4
Volume 1:
30:15 - Ch 1
47:54 - Ch 2
1:01:20 - Ch 3
1:16:39 - Ch 4
1:30:39 - Ch 5
1:47:48 - Ch 6
2:08:47 - Ch 7
Volume 2:
2:27:41 - Ch 1
2:40:39 - Ch 2
2:55:24 - Ch 3
3:14:12 - Ch 4
3:27:34 - Ch 5
3:40:43 - Ch 6
3:52:10 - Ch 7
4:11:32 - Ch 8
4:30:03 - Ch 9
Volume 3:
4:41:30 - Ch 1
4:57:26 - Ch 2
5:12:22 - Ch 3
5:32:04 - Ch 4
5:53:06 - Ch 5
6:13:24 - Ch 6
6:28:14 - Ch 7
Thanks Patty - I'm going to update the video description/pinned comment with these volume headers. We initially recorded the book as a series, and so the volumes were dropped. Bit of a pain now, but you live and learn!
Hope my comment was more of a help and less of an annoyance. I didn't intend to criticize only to be helpful to anyone using the volumes.
Btw, thank you for this spectacular reading. It is perfectly done and wonderful to listen to this season! 🎃
Not an annoyance - thanks for bringing it back to my attention!
And thank you! Ian
You are a goddess Thank You!!!!!!
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The scene when the creature tries to befriend the cottagers always breaks my heart.
I have dyslexia so it’s hard for me to read clearly and fluently so I use audio books to read and to complete assignments for class, so this was very useful and kept me very interested in the book for the the whole time
Gameistsphere I also struggle with the same and find audiobooks a God send when studying English Literature :)
same here! audiobooks are so much better for me! have always struggled reading books due to dyslexia
Same here! Although I am not officially diagnosed, I struggle a lot with reading and I do really well in school thanks to audiobooks like these!
Know that you are actually what I call as a REAL inspiration.
I feel that so much, I'm not dyslexic but I have ADHD and my brain won't let me focus on a book anymore, and it made me so sad because I love to read. Then I discovered audiobooks and it's been a game changer, I can do something else while reading and it's perfect!!
This literally saved my life 😩😩😩 I couldn't get through the book just by reading it for the life of me. Thanks so much for having this up!
This is really the best audio of this book
Thanks for listening Adam!
The only thing that could make it better is captions. 👀 His voice really helps put me in the story but sometimes the annunciation makes it hard to understand some words
They released the captions in book form! Worth getting it. :)
@@szaszs yeah lmao, I read the book along with the audio! Makes me understand much better. Reading by myself is so much harder.
Agreed! For i too had to look for the best of what there was ...voice n tempo..im really pleased!
Such a good narration! I love the background noise and sound effects. It adds so much mood and atmosphere to the story. I can't believe that this is completely free on RUclips, thank you so much for that!
This could seriously be HorrorBabble's magnum opus! What a wonderful reading! And it occurred to me that I'd never actually read the book. Having savored this performance I can truly see why it's been regarded as a classic for two hundred years. Bravo!😎🔥🙌
Your voice for the Creature was brilliant, Ian. A great narration overall.
You deserve a prize for how well you narrated this 😤 your voice perfectly encapsulates the main characters emotions during every event and chapter
Victor Frankenstein: "Huh! You dare approach me?!"
Monster: "I cant exact my vengeance without getting closer!"
I love this!
JoJo refrence
A fantastic line!
There are 27 thumbs down. I wonder what those people expected! They can’t be complaining about the narration because that’s wonderful, did they think the story was something else? I just find it very weird!
It doesn't matter what the video is, there will always be dislikes... On every single RUclips video. It's really strange. I think there are people who just go video to video, disliking them. Maybe it's bots, I don't know. But I agree, it's really fucking weird.
I wonder if it’s because the audio script is not the same as the 1818 version of the book, despite claiming to be the 1818 version. I’m reading along with my copy, but have been confused by it a few times
@@charbostock2079 I am listening along with a copy of the original 1818 text published by broadview and it is the same! It does say second edition on it though perhaps there are multiple editions?
Could be because it's not the story from Universal, which was only tangentially based on her work.
Currently in quarantine listening to this for college, this is a wonderful audio. Thank you so much!
What a wonderful audio! It was such a pleasure reading along. Thank you for also putting time stamps to each vol, chapter and overall chapters. This really saved me so much time!
I love the voice great for this book !!!! Thank you so much for this great work !!!!!
Thank you very much for listening!
Thank you for this wonderful audiobook. All the other ones were the 1931 edition. Love the way the book is read and kept me engaged the whole time.
Wonderful audiobook!
It undoubtedly enhances the reading experience of such a piece of literature.
Thanks a lot.
Keep up the great work!
Greetings from CR 🇨🇷
So I have to read this for my uni course but I can only read on a night when I’m too tired to focus. So I searched for audiobook and your voice makes me actually enjoy it as oppose to the Siri type readers.
"scientists are the crop-dusters of death" - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley knew this quite well, no matter how gentille her language. This reading made me realize what a despicable individual Victor Frankenstein was.
Thank you , HorrorBabble, for a marvelous narration! Forgotten Weird Tales are already reaching for me (:
@HorrorBabble - much obliged! I have started The King in Yellow now, which I have bought some years ago and know almost by heart. But again, listening to your narration gives an extra, much cherished quality.
Dear Ian, regarding The King In Yellow, the entity known as Hastur and public dominion, there are some things I's like to share with you. I'll try to do this during the various Chambers' narrations in the next hours and days. It might be of interest and could result in a few gems for your channel.
Yes Shelley's Viktor Frankenstein was quite despicable and cowardly up till the chase, certainly to little, to late. However I get the impression this is not how Shelley saw him. She directly paints him as noble and loyal in heart, but in order to bring forth the trials , confusions and subsequently the despair and brutality of his unholy creation . She had no choice but to use him as both hero and antagonist....I've read it a few times and had wondered if she was aware of this paradox and could not avoid it, or given she wrote it participating in a game played out with friends and being an intelligent playful young woman possibly she simply didn't give a damn.
@@ronaldvronca8999 I'm afraid Shelley did see her Frankenstein as a noble being, driven more by horror than by guilt, so "refined" (hysterical), he was unable to bear looking at ugliness, much less deal with it, his brain couldn't "take the strain". His creation could only ever admire and strive for nobility, but never achieve it - being a "brute". Heroic Frankenstein a whiny coward, the "creature" active, progressive developing.
I'd like to think she was fully aware of the sarcasm, but believe she was too young and caught up in her life, time, and the excitement of having joined the fabulous and shady clique around Byron, to analyze deeply enough what to us, in our time, is so screetchingly obvious. She would have been, at need, been able to defend her work as being "moral", pointing out that only god has the right and ability to create. Like Margaret Murray, Shelley couldn't completely alienate all the social circles that, then, still had way too much influence, especially over female writers. In the end, it's up to the reader to interpret stories individually - Mary Shelley might have written something that simply pleased her. For her, that was enough, so possibly she simply did indeed not give a damn (: 🌙✨
Thank you for the exchange, I hadn't expected one especially so soon and well thought out....an 18 year old regardless of gender or society writing something so thought provoking and probably the foundation of today's horror tales nothing short of astounding. That it WAS written by a young woman during a stormy weekend in the company of Percy and Byron it is a masterpiece . What a mind...
The circumstances that set the stage for Frankenstein, myth or fact ?
@@ronaldvronca8999 To those who were present at the gestation of this tale, myth and fact probably were as unseparable as they should be to us, now. Knowing a little about the "scientists", alchemists and occultists at various times in history, along with the freedom the protection and wealth of a noble-blooded patron supplied, I would not put anything beyond the possible. The tales of man creating some form of life are as old as tale-telling itself, all cultures have myths and stories like this, golems, zombies, Dr. Moreau's animal people - inspired by the gods of Egypt, if you want to believe the esotherica and apocrypha around many older horror tales (I enjoy them greatly), all these have found their ways repeatedly into modern fiction in all forms, Cat People and Blade Runner coming to mind here
But regarding myth or fact in older fantastic/horror literature, the best example is H.P. Lovecraft himself. Not only have he and his contemporaries and "heirs" created a true myth-cycle, they have, in their time, made many people believe their writing was based on facts and actual lore. Lovecraft's letters - and some of Howard's are fun to read, if you like to take a look into the mind of early "fandom". Personally, I don't much like the word "fan". Being derived from "fanatic", it gives a slightly off taste to people who cherish genres, authors, stories - or movies, tv-series, graphic novels, the medium doesn't really matter.
It is my pleasure to be part of this conversation! It's rare to find someone who is willing/able to enter discourses that stay within the tone and atmosphere of the literature that started the exchange.
Thanks so much. After going through a few audio books, this one had the best voices, and British ones too so I really enjoyed this reading. Will be sharing with others. X
Thank you Miss Strawberry Cupcake! We're glad you enjoyed the reading. :) Ian
When i'm at work I listen to audiobooks, and I usually listen to shorter stuff from Horror Babble but I wanted to hear Frankenstein and am glad you did it. Your readings are much better than the average stuff you find around (unless it's somebody like Vincent Price or whatever doing Edgar Allan Poe).... and frankly I don't see (as a video maker myself) how in the world you do 7 hour readings but here we are! Thanks for taking the time and the trouble to do this.
Best audiobook narration I’ve heard for a long time. A million thanks. Peace n light✌️
Best reading of the audiobook. Thanks for putting in the work.
Excellent! Thank you for keeping our history alive! The era in which this book was originally penned was the Golden Age of literature. Much like classical music, much of what has come after is but a candle in the presence of the sun. The social commentary on the birth of the industrial age which Frankenstein's creature embodies being the birth a monstrosity is pure genius. What a woman she must have been! I can see why a poet like Percy fell head over heels for her...
Thank you very much for listening, and we agree with your sentiments wholeheartedly - a true talent.
Gonna have to disagree. As great as the book is I can’t help but feel the subtlety and nuances of most of Frankenstein’s film adaptations (the Universal studios endeavors in particular) have really gone on to outshine the book and deservedly so. It’s one thing to have the creature tell us about his pain. It’s quite another to see it play out and experience the pain along side him.
Ive listened to a few Frankenstein audiobooks. This one is now my favorite.
Thank you very much for all your hard work and time to upload this wonderful work! She was a amazing person, but you can see all the signs of her times throughout her entire work. Times and attitudes have changed so much.
thank you so much for this audiobook, helped a lot in my course.
Your voice really made the book very entertaining to listen to as I read. Thanks so much for this
Superbly read. As always. Great production. Thank you, everyone at Horrorbable.
Thank you both, Jennifer and Ian; splendid reading. Thank you Thank you 🙏🏽 🎩
thank you for the first enjoyable sleep i've had in weeks.i was able to float through this story.
Thank you!! Currently listing to this and it makes it so much easier to follow along!
I want to point out that Frankenstein just ASSUMES that his creation killed his brother, and while he is proved right when his creation admits it, it doesn’t change the fact that he had no proof before hand
Belatedly decided to revisit a classic in preparation for Halloween, and HorrorBabble does not disappoint
So very lucky I found this version!! The 1818 text is hard to come by as an audiobook. Fantastic work!
This reading is a work of art! Excellent.
Ian Gordon, Jennifer Gill, Horrorbabble as a metaphysical whole. I know you recieve thanks and appreciation from your listeners very often, myself included. But I almost hate to profess, before finding your channel I hadn't heard most of the classic material you offer. As such, I'd like to extend my deepest thanks, as a fan for bringing me to a volume I'm ashamed I hadn't read earlier. I've never identified so much with a character in my life. As someone who found unjustified dislike from just about everyone he's met. It brings comfort to know these experiences are shared, even in fictional characters. I guess that's what makes them more real than you or I, in some ways. The influence they have on people's lives is great but the influence you folks have on mine is much, much greater. I only wish I had the financial stability to support your channel in more meaningful ways...
For now, I shall continue to reccomend your channel to anyone in need of literary, spiritual, or philosophical guidance. Books can teach us a damn sight more than anyone in modern "Technological" society is willing to admit. Thank you for bringing us these literary treasures and helping us not to forget. 🙏🏻 Good health to you and yours, a long term fan. 🐺 🖤
Thank you Wolfie! All the best to you. Ian & Jen
Ian teaches a masterclass every time he reads. The best voice out there along with Phoebe Judge of the Criminal podcast. ✌🏻
I've never read this before so it's almost new to me. Thanks!
Thank you so much for uploading this. Really enjoyed reading along with it.
I am not sure how I missed this one on your channel. Great story and, of course, a spectacular nartation
This is amazing. Best audio-book so far.
This is an amazing audiobook, thank you so much for uploading it loved the voicework
Shelley is a genius author, I do not know much she has written but I desire to hear and read more of her works.
Please do Dracula! It’s such an epic, and your dramatic reading voice would be perfect for it!
Ian.. you and Jennifer did an amazing job on this. It's a large.. huge volume of text so I cant imagine the amount of work that went into it. Its award winning quality.. so thank you both.
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Ive never read this only saw the movies etc.. I was in awe when Justine took the fall and he just let her die to keep his secret lol. Wow.. and visit her in prison knowing that.. just wow. And this came from an 18 yo girl in the 1800s.
Listening to the original text. I never knew there was so much to Frankesteins Monster and the story itself. I originally considered it began as the 1931 movie. Upon listen to this my mind is open further to its history, Thank you Horrorbabble!
I've been trying to finish this for the past 2-3 weeks. Unfortunately, I have trained myself to fall asleep to your channel, so I only get through 10-15 minutes at a time before I lose conciousness, so have to rewind until I pick up where I fell off into sleep.
This is wonderful! Thanks to both of you for all your hard work! Cheers!
Thanks as always Logan!
I just finished reading this book. I cannot describe how great it is!
True 1818 text with British accent. Very well done!
bravo! a beautiful audio recording and gift. indeed, the golden age of literature and a high reflection on the arts created by independent scholars and polyamorous, independent souls!
amazing, was looking for a good reading of the initial version
Thank you so much! I truly enjoyed it.👏👏👏👏👏
Thank you for listening Luz!
I always wanted to read these books but adhd......squirrel!
Thank you for making it accessible
Excellent narration as always. This story, even with it's sometimes aged and heavy language, deserve it's place as a horror classic. I felt genuine horror, at times, and I rarely do that when listening to such stories.
However, I have read it before, and the last time I read it I felt more sympathy for the main characters. Now, they just come off as a pair of whiny, pompous, self-absorbed drama queens. The scene where Justince is convicted to death and Victor has the audacity to feel sorry for himself, for the guilt he feels. And Adam is no better. For all the injustice he's suffered, he is just a serial killer. I mean, if he just offed Victor, that would have been another matter. But killing innocents to hurt Victor by proxy? A person that lashes out violently because he was treated badly used to seem tragic to me, but now it just feels pathetic.
But again, this does not diminish the fact that this is a masterpiece.
I love how spooky you make this book sound!! ♥️🤘
Hi again Mr Ian. To keep momentum going I wanted to leave a few things to say about this. Even though it’s not my usual I feel it’s worth acknowledging in ideas of psychology, science, and homage. And with that I want to say I hope this helps.
In Psychology and intent. One thing I enjoyed unexpectedly in this book is the Monsters intent, with the reasons for his hunt and vendetta against his father Victor. You see in the story it explains that the monster learned to comprehend while reading Milton’s paradise lost. This is fascinating as a detail as it cast the monster in a different light as he learned to lie. This elevates the monster mentally past a dumb animal and makes his kills really on the level of Murder. His bride, his young cousin I think, and even him, they are all acts committed by a creature that can think and feel so he has wronged Victor no matter how much he says other wise. This kind of parallels with Paradise Lost in a lot of ways as Adam and Even ate from the tree, gaining knowledge and now understood the consequences of their actions. Satan in his intent to free humanity through deception. And adding Victor how god loves his creations by casting them out of Eden. I feel it’s worth bringing up because in other sources they claim the monster learned to read because of the Bible and in the classic Karloff an old blind man taught him. So these are fascinating differences and changes the whole “Victor is evil and the monster is good dynamic”.
This leads into Science. One thing about the Gothics of this age and why I love them is their dip into questions of science. And it starts really soon with the narrators letters explaining the Poles and their electrical currents. It contextualizes the destination as this land of scientific discovery and infinite possibility, but frames it also like the poles in their scientific power are monstrous Titan that can’t be tamed. This ends up leading to an understanding between Victor and our narrator. How one tries to tame the natural sciences of the world and ends up being punished. For like the monster punished with loneliness brought on from his creation, Victor too is punished by the implications of what he made. And having all this takes place in the arctic where it seems man isn’t allowed to go or discover. Such as the Modern Prometheus as he gives this forbidden knowledge to man as he is punished with being pecked at by a great bird. Just like the John Milton story, I’m not sure how intentional the connection with prometheus is, but it led to a fascinating view of god and science.
This finally leads to homage. The most important homage in this case being Herbert West Reanimator, and once you see the differences it makes comparing them very much fascinating. Compared to victor who conquered death by making life, Herbert Conquered death by bringing it back. But unlike the monster who opened his eyes fresh to the world. The reanimated opened their eyes from outer spheres to be 3 dimensional agsin and it broke them. If anything it’s a worst thing Herbert West did as they probably saw their dreams as a physical embodiment and to lose that is a new torture. And with that it’s appropriate that Herbert is killed by what he brought back. The monster fresh to the world filled with so much blank space to fill with knowledge only left it with rage. As going back to Paradise Loss and Prometheus. He has no given purpose, and he had no knowledge to pass on. So his life was his hatred of Victor.
And finally to end this analysis. Remember that he asked for his bride. Now he acknowledged that she will be no more miserable than him and he didn’t care. He wanted her so he can not be lonely. This shows that unlike Victor he learned the consequences of creating life, the monster wishes they for another sentient creature like him. And even up to the end when he declared his intent to commit suicide after his fathers death, he never said he loved Victor or was sorry. He really earned the title monster as he earned the surname Frankenstein.
As for the reading. The voices all matched bringing that coming of academic scholarship to unknown lands and mindsets and to me it should be up there with your lovecraft and blackwood readings. The time where we have to ask if we can recreate superstition in a laboratory.
Hope you are having a wonderful evening, and if it’s raining I hope it gives you and miss jennifer a little peace.
-Rhett
As always, thanks for providing some superb insights, RR. All the best to you.
HorrorBabble always welcome! I know I could have just went with the obvious analysis of how Victor is wrong and the monster is right. But I feel it’s worth adding a counter thesis so that an audience can reach their own conclusion. Just glad you enjoyed it.
@@rhettsopolisrabbit7634 Always, sir!
My God, this book is brillient.
This was a spectacular audiobook. If in need of any recommendations, William Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist would definitely suit this channel! Keep up the great work :)
Thank you! We can only record works in the public domain though unfortunately. Still, a great suggestion.
Thank you for doing this i really appreciate you guys
I love this version of this novel ty
Thanks for taking the time to listen to it Randy! Ian
I didn't know what I did that the universe saw fit to gift me with Horror Babble but I'm glad I did it.
the best narrate ever!!!!
Nicely read! Love it!
Excellent, excellent and again excellent!
Absolutely amazing audio book loved it and it helped so much with my exam on the book
bookmark 1:43:10 pg 69
speed mark 1:59:35 pg 80
I feel attaching the label of just "Horror" to this book is doing it a great disservice &, speaking from my own experience as a young reader it can result in "Horror" fans finding this book dull as while they are looking for the 'scary/frightening' parts they often miss the entire point of the book & the actual horror the book contains which is the monsterous behaviour, attitudes, ignorance, lack of empathy & understanding, evil, etc of people revealed in the mirror that Shelley holds up to humans/human soceity as opposed to creatures appearance &/or actions.
I see where you're coming from, but I'm on the opposite side of the fence. The horror genre is slowly being removed from the shelves of bookshops here in the UK, rebranded as sci-fi/fantasy, which, in my view as a horror enthusiast, is thoroughly depressing. Frankenstein, as far as I'm concerned, is the perfect example of what horror can be -- something much more than cheap thrills and gore. If we disassociate classics works such as this, then horror and what it represents will be trampled underfoot. Ian.
Whenever I have been asked of the one topic which rarely fails to ignite an animated conversation, that being; name 5 people of history you would most want to have had met and talked with. Without hesitation Mary Shelley has always been in my top 5.....most people in our modern times are amazed to learn Shelley was just 18 when she wrote The Modern Prometheus or Frankenstein. Not a reason of interest to me, for in her time educated young ladies were considered to be socially mature at the ripe old age of 14. I am in love with her, ironically though seen as a mature young lady she still in those times was more companion than an equal. And that is the crime. If her mind had been that of a young man, today she (he) would be celebrated as one of histories greatest authors. Not for her accomplishments but for her thoughts ...damn I would have loved to know her thoughts.
I love how victors reaction to most things is to pass out
thank you so much this has really helped me!
I love this book I have read this like 7 times and it stills amazing
Its Me can’t relate
Bookmark 4:50:00
By far the audio I’ve seen for a book ever. Thanks bro this helps a lot cause I’m reading Frankenstein for English. I guess I got lucky I found this, the audio book that my teacher provided was bland unlike this one.
Great to hear, Isaak!
This reading is simply superb! Have you had a crack at Bram Stoker's Dracula by any chance? I can only imagine how amazing a job you'd do with that old monster!
We're hoping to record it eventually. :)
@@HorrorBabble Excellent, can't wait!
Personal Bookmark: Chapter 4: 1:16:40
Omg amazing audiobook!
Thanks for listening Gustavus!
This video must have taken forever to upload
It took a full day - we were on a particularly slow connection in Canada at the time!
2 46 mins it will take days
And still missing an hour of contents
Your voice for the monster rivals Karloff himself.
Was this book the first "found footage" horror story?
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Lettere di uno a sua sorella
Frankestein che parla della storia della propria famiglia e di come è nato e ora come sta crescendo
41:00 suo padre gli dice di non leggere alchimia ma scienza no cornelius ma lui continua comunque, sogna la pietre filosofale e l'elixir della vita
49:00 muore sua madre page 26
1:10:00 inizia la creazione di un uomo page 34
1:18:00 chapter 4 page 38 si sveglia il mostro, apre gli occhi
2:08:43 Victor si sente in colpa perché per colpa sua Justine andrà in galera. Nonostante ciò Justine si sente sicura di se, della sua innocenza
Justine si difende dalle accuse con la massima franchezza
2:27:00 Justine è morta(pena di morte) Vixtor si sente troppo in colpa
2:33:00 Elizabeth non crederebbe più nell'umanità se Justine fosse un'assassina. Elizabeth nota che Victor(pensa che sia colpa sua perchè ha creato il mostro) è più nervoso di lei e gli dici di calmarsi
2:47:00 Victor incontra la sua creatura e lui è incazzato ma il mostro è molto calmo nelle sue parole e dice che ammazzerà persone( non conferma di essere l'assassino) che lo odiano ma non lui suo creatore
2:55:24 Il mostro parla dei suoi primi attimi di vita e di come cerca di sopravvivere
3:04:00 il villaggio che lo vede va contro di lui e lui scappa
3:08:00 trova un cottage, spia questa famiglia e nota come si comportano
3:14:00 quando ammirava i vicini li sentiva parlare ma ammette che al tempo non sapevo ancora parlare
3:17:00 dice quello che la famiglia possiede
3:19:00 impara le parole e dice come prova sentimenti guardandoli,, come è triste quando sono tristi ecc
3:26:00 vuole prima il loro favore e poi il loro amore presentandosi, è consapevole che non piacerà mai a loro perchè è un mostro
3:28:00 arriva la primavera
3:30:00 arriva una ragazza araba(Safie), le insegnano la lingua e il mostro impara con loro. Impara anche la storia dei piu grandi imperi umani visto che Felix legge a Safie un libro di storia. Il mostro sa parlare e capisce quasi tutto ora
3:37:00 si rende conto che è un mostro e si odia perché è diverso dagli uomini. il fatto che loro non lo conoscono li fa venire voglia di parlargli. Impara come gli umani crescono, con i genitori, le differenze dei generi. Si accorge che non hai mai avuto genitori e si pensa che da quando ricorda lui è stato sproporzionato e grande, non ha mai avuto genitori. La domanda lo turba.
3:44:00 Storia di Safie, Felix vide vide il giudizio verso suo padre che lui pensava ingiusto, il padre li dice che li da soldi se lo aiuta, lui rifiuta, ma il padre di safie nota che si era preso una cotta allora il padre le promette la mano di Safie
3:52:00 racconta tutta la loro(cottagers) storia ma non si capisce quasi un cazzo
3:57:00 Parla delle letture che lo hanno formato intellettualmente
4:00:00 legge un foglio preso da Victor prima di saper leggere e capisce la sua origine, si fa schifo. Ripete che l'incontro con i cottagers deciderà il suo futuro
4:03:00 ha un piano per parlarci e vuole incontrare il vecchio quando è da solo, il padre
4:05:30 Parla con il vecchio che è cieco e non lo può giudicare
4:11:30 Entra la famiglia, tutti si spaventano tranne Felix che va da lui o le lo allontana dal padre, il mostro cade per terra e nel tumulto scappa
4:13:00 Dopo il fatto della casa lui decide di dare vendetta al suo creatore(lo odia e glielo dice mentre li racconta tutto) perchè l'umanità non lo vorrà mai quindi non devi esser gentile con loro
5:12:00 Va a Londra con un amico e inizia a costruire una lei mostro, è un buon punto
5:13:00 page 125 che le creature potrebbero odiarsi e non piacersi perché la donna potrebbe odiare l'uomo e preferire gli umani o potrebbero fare figli e portare casino sulla terra
il mostro che lo ha seguito si accorge che ha distrutto ciò che ha costruito e allora si incazza con lui, (gli fa paura)
5:35:00 trovano un cadavere(Clerval) che sicuramente è stato ucciso dal mostro, per la sua reazione al modus operandi Victor viene considerato colpevole
5:46:00 il padre lo viene a trovare e sta subito meglio Victor(Stava malissimo nella prigione perché si sente in colpa), trovano testimoni che confermano che si trovasse da un'altra parte quella sera e viene liberato
6:01:00 parte più bella, lettera d'amore da Elizabeth a Victor, molto cute
Ha paura che sposandosi con lei il mostro si vendicherà di lui ammazando chi ama cioè lei, allora victor le spiega cosa potrebbe succedere
6:10:00 Eli e Vic si sono sposati e passaranno due giorni da soli
I really love this narration 😊
Is this a clock in the Background in chapter 21?😮
Thank you! It is - quite an effective indicator of a living space, we find! Ian
Well this one is very hard. Of course his first crime, the making of the monster, was terrible. No thought at all went into whether he should create him! However after he had done so, he bore the responsibility for him and his actions. If he couldn’t kill him, then I think he should have made the monster a mate. I do however see Frankenstein’s point of view. What do others think?
i felt terribly sorry for the monster. he was like a lost child, forever to be rejected. its a life of loneliness beyond baring. i couldnt truly blame him for his hatred. as wise as he was, he himself knew that his anger is because no one showed kindness to him. no creature, let alone human, can be that stoic to not care how the entire world treats him. on the contrary, the wiser he is the bitter his self hatred and rage becomes.
victor on the other hand is a whiny, selfish, irresponsible brat. the type of person that will blame the world for his wrong doings.
Really great audiobook. Would have DNF'ed if it weren't for this recording.
I generally don't like to speak poorly of the classics, but this has to be the most excruciatingly dull horror novel ever written.
It's far more than a 'horror' book & if one's focus is just on scary/frightening parts I imagine it is dull book as one will fail to grasp the entire point of the book & virtually all the ideas expressed & the concepts being examined.
Very helpful👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
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Listening from the uk wales ❤️
Anyone else hear a bit of the professor Layton voice actor, Christopher Robin Miller in him?
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Pls read Dracula and The jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker also
I easily lose focus when readimg books so I always come by audio books
anyone have a pdf that matches this audiobook? all the ones i could find are completely different versions :(
Apparently it's a read of the 1818 edition so the closest to that you get, the most similar it will be. I'm not sure there are PDFs of it but Google books might have it
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i’m commenting stupid stuff at 3AM instead of reading it oops. i have about 3 and a half chapters left, wish me luck in honors this year lol