Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley | Full Audiobook | The 1818 Text

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[@Mariloooca]

Finally I've found the 1818 version, there is only the 1831 on audible. Thank you very much for this. Lovely voice!

[@milkman4743]

what's the difference?

[@KommanderCiwi]

@@milkman4743a lot of the wording is changed and skipped

[@rikkebay8548]

The same reason I'm here. Every audiobook on my paid app where the 1831 version.

[@G_BOY364]

@@rikkebay8548 How much does it affect the storry?

[@rikkebay8548]

@@G_BOY364 Uh I have a hard time remembering now. I remember some of it had to do with Frankenstein's fiance. But the main reason it annoyed me was I was reading and listening at the same time and there were added new sentences to elaborate, which disturbed my reading. People nowadays say the original is the one to read from what I gathered on the internet.

[@RideHanna]

Wow, that was a stunning reading, read just the right degree of detachment. I can’t believe this incredible story has been so distorted by T.V and Film adaptations. It’s better and way more powerful than any interpretation I have seen.

[@machine9736]

Thank you genuinly, the audiobooks that you share for free on your channel are of the highest quality. This helped me greatly because I have some trouble with focusing while I read, and this is the perfect solution.

[@Yesica1993]

I'm the opposite of you. I struggle with audiobooks. But this was excellent! If not for Real Life having to be dealt with, I would've sat here and listened to the whole thing straight through!

[@sugarfalls1]

Arthur, you are a masterful narrator! Thank you so much for reading this long novel!

[@larryparis925]

The literary sophistication and depth of expression are truly amazing.

[@lervish1966]

Shelley was a great poet.

[@valrahosman6463]

I am greatful I found your site. Thank you for your superb reading.

[@paulschnyder938]

grateful

[@Yesica1993]

I am just finding this today! I am reading the book for the very first time and am enjoying it so far. I wanted to see if there was an audiobook to go along with it. It helps me to both read it and hear it. I'm only about 30 minutes into this, but it's fantastic! Thank you.

[@solacecoupethwaite7273]

It is sad how modern renditions twist the story so much that it is unrecognizable.

[@pigcatapult]

Caroline, leaving the ranks of the living due to her own selfishness: “Elizabeth, my beloved 13-year-old niece, I leave to you all of my responsibilities. Remember to marry your cousin. I have no regrets. 💀”

[@Yesica1993]

Thanks!

[@gatesofimagination]

Thank you very much ♥️

[@Yesica1993]

You're welcome. I don't usually do audiobooks. But this has been a wonderful companion to having just read the book for the very first time. I have about 2 hours left to go.@@gatesofimagination

[@M1CR0P0P]

thank you for the audiobook, i literally could not read this without giving up it’s so hard to read

[@joshuawilliams2222]

Impeccable narration, thank you.

[@Senacacrane]

Thank you for uploading this. I truly enjoy this audiobook. Most other versions of this audiobook are just not well done. But this one is very well done. Thank you. Keep us the good work❤

[@TheoAnderson-v8j]

I could listen to your voice all day. I've just finished the dracula audiobook and dracula's guest with you guys, I can't wait to hear them all :D

[@TheoAnderson-v8j]

Finished :)

[@Eristic_Love]

Good job!

[@bobbyfingers]

this was brilliant. Well done

[@Peachyglow-v7k]

Why all these comments whether she wrote it or not? She did write it. Sometimes you get one good inspiration as an author or creative and that’s it.

[@dotkiarika1026]

It's just misogyny. They hate that Mary seems to have bigger perceived impact on modern culture than Percy even though he himself is already respected in his field.

[@wednesdaygeckok.7899]

​​​@@dotkiarika1026 its not misogyny, thats a really low IQ take. Its literally just modern contearianism where they see one person say look see maybe she didnt and they start frothing at the mouth because they get to carry the same energy as "um actually Frankenstein is the doctor, not the monster." Its intellectual superiority, not gender. You wanna apply misogyny to it because you lack fundamental understanding of modern men and it makes you feel smart and superior, try to deny it all you want but.. You're fighting boogeymen thus doing the exact same thing as the "misogynist" people you decided to wage social war against You and your kind have entirely devalued the word misogyny so much that real misogyny is ignored to focus on tiny issues that you willy nilly apply a label to Congrats, you contributed to misogyny

[@anamakesthings]

Miserable little people living miserable little lives. They will never achieve 0.01% of this author's success and it's more comforting to pretend like this isn't a thing because it means they don't have miserable little confrontations about their own lives 😊

[@JaneFrieman]

I always admired your style and personal accent Mr. Arthur Lane.

[@kerrijones1726]

Amazingly written...for someone so young.

[@lervish1966]

I agree - PBS wrote it.

[@wednesdaygeckok.7899]

Bruh i know young people 30x smarter than any boomer cut that shit out. You've never made anything you dont have the perspective to make that apathetic backhanded compliment

[@samuelbonaccorso9969]

Absolutely

[@TrevorDries]

Its alright

[@lifeofbekahh]

Currently reading Frankenstein for the first time 😊📖

[@majhedelokgeet2698]

Thank you so much for uploading

[@RobertsonMilkshakes]

This was their challenge to her. Mary Shelley and she ultimate delivered the novel Frankenstein

[@magicbulletdancers]

Thank you. Excellent ❤

[@maxwellmosley5633]

Well Readied thank you Arthur Lane

[@hermitsunite953]

not gonna lie, this felt like a Wattpad fanfiction.

[@Eristic_Love]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@martind5565]

Any1 else think Viktors a bit of an asshole! Great reading, thanks :D

[@gin6270]

Thank you, thank you very very much.

[@chloecam101]

Is it just me or are the chapters wrong

[@sorolla_]

how so?

[@chloecam101]

@@sorolla_ it was out of order or sumn. Idk this is old

[@sorolla_]

@@chloecam101 oh

[@everettlira7157]

@@chloecam101lil late but there are 2 different books, this is the 1818 version

[@deewhite4346]

Wow thank you.

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Volume 2 Chapter 6: 3:27:49 - 5:13:37

[@JackT13]

Quite eerie listening to an AI voice narrate a story about the hubris of man in his creation of artificial life…

[@mia_mozzerella8924]

The narrator is credited in the description, I don’t believe it’s AI

[@SkiBat64]

Bruh just read the description before you comment. Lazy

[@JackT13]

If you can listen to this and think that this is an actual human voice then we are in more trouble than I thought.

[@mia_mozzerella8924]

@@JackT13look up Arthur Lane. The paranoia is just as frightening.

[@JackT13]

@@mia_mozzerella8924 it is modelled on him. You can literally hear many occasions in this recording where the system glitches and mispronounces words

[@akaashikeijiluvr]

bookmarks: 31:23

[@SnakeAndTurtleQigong]

Thanks so much

[@duck7093]

Good read

[@anon64mus66]

Yesssss, I wanted this one. Thank you!

[@JurdTV]

Bookmark 1:51:40

[@SpaceIntelligenceChannel]

FINALLY 6:54:21 THE END

[@EverboughART]

3:27:43 bookmark

[@RobertsonMilkshakes]

Inspired. The story here is well known. She hung out with Lord Shelley and Lord Byron. At luxurious Switzerland estates

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Bookmarks 1:08:05

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[@achalshaw9373]

Thank you

[@leafleafkris]

that was wild omfg

[@rezzer7918]

Great story by Percy Shelley 😉

[@lervish1966]

He only wrote the best bits.

[@Eliot-d1r]

No. Mary Shelley was the sole author of Frankenstein, as a mountain of scholarship attests.

[@RobertsonMilkshakes]

They forgot the prometheus part in the modern updated movie versions.

[@andreashinault5678]

I've been thinking of reading some Poe aloud and posting it. Has that been already too "done"?

[@gatesofimagination]

Poe is a widely recorded author. The competition is high. On the other hand, all of his works are in the Public Domain, so you can always give it a try.

[@andreashinault5678]

@@gatesofimagination I wonder then, is there an author that is seldom read that I could take on? I am a lady and have a southern accent. I've been told I have a good voice.

[@gatesofimagination]

We conducted research in this matter, and believe me, if we were to find a popular author in the Public Domain who hasn't been recorded yet, we would do it ourselves. It seems that a better approach is to record what one personally enjoys 😉

[@rezzer7918]

Not done enough!

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​@@andreashinault5678Cat On A Hot Tin Roof. Whose Afraid of Vurginia Wolfe. Man and Superman. Proverbs from the Bible.

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3:56:00

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Walter is excited to learn from Professor Waldman. Attends his lectures

[@jxmxnisbxe2775]

Walter is excited to learn from Professor Waldman. Attends his lectures. Initially, Walter learned a branch of science purely because of his attraction to Waldman’s teaching style. Eventually, Walter finds genuine charm in the study and purses it along with others. Two years later, he becomes as well versed as the university’s professors in science. Walter improves chemical instruments. Having learned everything, Walter decided to return home to live among his friends but before he leaves he is suddenly intrigued by human anatomy their remains. Begins visiting charnel houses (houses human skeletal remains).

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Sudden discovery of what makes humans living and fascinated with bringing dead matter back alive.

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🔥✍️

[@plebasaurues]

48:39 Bookmark 🎉

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29:08 book mark ❤

[@RobertsonMilkshakes]

When ilistenilistenwith my ears then i skid into courage and am firm

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31:23 bookmark

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2:22:41 bookmark

[@peterdevin6910]

This is abridged and a bit confusing - it jumps around A LOT.

[@gatesofimagination]

This is not an abridged version but the first edition of Frankenstein from 1818. There is another version of this novel, revised by Shelley and reissued in 1831, containing many changes and considered by some readers to be more comprehensible, while others view it as a censored version. This is likely the source of confusion.

[@rustymason3860]

A masterpiece, both in content and writing style. Mary Shelley never wrote like this before or since, leading many to speculate that she didn't actually write Frankenstein by herself.

[@paulschnyder938]

Yes, it's difficult to believe. I suppose We'll never know for sure.

[@virgogaming6488]

She most likely had help, it does feel like a teenager wrote it.

[@rezzer7918]

I guess Percy really loved her 😉

[@lervish1966]

She wrote the boring bits.

[@Eliot-d1r]

@@virgogaming6488Mary Shelley was the sole author of Frankenstein, as a mountain of scholarship attests.

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5:13:37

[@plebasaurues]

1:01:26 bonkmark

[@RobertsonMilkshakes]

Metaphysics does not use normal sentence structure

[@Alis_Corli]

shout out to 2023 HMJ102 students lmao

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20:56

[@JohnWitham-dr4es]

This book is the missing link🪶

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.75 speed

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By gates of envy and desperation 👽💖😇😘😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😂🤣😅

[@RobertsonMilkshakes]

Subconscious subliminal stuff. Probably channeling of a very good writer a woman of something else that spoke

[@So-Be-It_890]

1818

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Martinez Michelle Allen Sarah Wilson Helen

[@ExMachina70]

Read the book and you soon begin to realize that the 1931 movie completely sucked that had no vision that Mary Shelly had back when she was only 19 years when she wrote the book.

[@Eliot-d1r]

She was 17!

[@machstem2536]

520

[@JeffShamley]

I don’t care for it

[@danthoreson4062]

no way mary shelly wrote this

[@lervish1966]

She co-wrote it.

[@ASUtatumaguilar]

don't hate on the girlbossing @@lervish1966

[@Eliot-d1r]

@@lervish1966Mary Shelley was the sole author of Frankenstein, as a mountain of scholarship attests.

[@Lingchow1]

Save your time. Watch the movie. The book is boring as fuck

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3:27:49 bookmark

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