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

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  • @Mariloooca
    @Mariloooca 8 місяців тому +106

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

    • @milkman4743
      @milkman4743 8 місяців тому +2

      what's the difference?

    • @KommanderCiwi
      @KommanderCiwi 8 місяців тому +6

      @@milkman4743a lot of the wording is changed and skipped

    • @rikkebay8548
      @rikkebay8548 8 місяців тому +5

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

    • @G_BOY364
      @G_BOY364 5 місяців тому

      @@rikkebay8548 How much does it affect the storry?

    • @rikkebay8548
      @rikkebay8548 5 місяців тому +1

      @@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
    @RideHanna 5 місяців тому +33

    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
    @machine9736 Рік тому +78

    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
      @Yesica1993 Рік тому

      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
    @sugarfalls1 Рік тому +21

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

  • @larryparis925
    @larryparis925 Рік тому +62

    The literary sophistication and depth of expression are truly amazing.

    • @lervish1966
      @lervish1966 11 місяців тому

      Shelley was a great poet.

  • @pigcatapult
    @pigcatapult 10 днів тому +2

    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. 💀”

  • @solacecoupethwaite7273
    @solacecoupethwaite7273 Рік тому +25

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

  • @Yesica1993
    @Yesica1993 Рік тому +21

    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.

  • @Natacha1111
    @Natacha1111 10 місяців тому +19

    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
      @dotkiarika1026 10 місяців тому +24

      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
      @wednesdaygeckok.7899 7 місяців тому

      ​​​@@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
      @anamakesthings 5 місяців тому +4

      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 😊

  • @valrahosman6463
    @valrahosman6463 Рік тому +24

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

  • @M1CR0P0P
    @M1CR0P0P 4 місяці тому +2

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

  • @bobbyfingers
    @bobbyfingers 18 днів тому

    this was brilliant. Well done

  • @TheoAnderson-v8j
    @TheoAnderson-v8j 11 місяців тому +2

    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

  • @Senacacrane
    @Senacacrane 2 місяці тому

    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❤

  • @joshuawilliams2222
    @joshuawilliams2222 10 місяців тому +2

    Impeccable narration, thank you.

  • @lifeofbekahh
    @lifeofbekahh Місяць тому +1

    Currently reading Frankenstein for the first time 😊📖

  • @JaneFrieman
    @JaneFrieman Місяць тому

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

  • @RobertsonMilkshakes
    @RobertsonMilkshakes Місяць тому

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

  • @majhedelokgeet2698
    @majhedelokgeet2698 Рік тому

    Thank you so much for uploading

  • @kerrijones1726
    @kerrijones1726 Рік тому +99

    Amazingly written...for someone so young.

    • @lervish1966
      @lervish1966 11 місяців тому +1

      I agree - PBS wrote it.

    • @wednesdaygeckok.7899
      @wednesdaygeckok.7899 7 місяців тому

      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
      @samuelbonaccorso9969 5 місяців тому

      Absolutely

    • @TrevorDries
      @TrevorDries 2 місяці тому +1

      Its alright

  • @chloecam101
    @chloecam101 10 місяців тому +9

    Is it just me or are the chapters wrong

    • @sorolla_
      @sorolla_ 4 місяці тому

      how so?

    • @chloecam101
      @chloecam101 4 місяці тому

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

    • @sorolla_
      @sorolla_ 4 місяці тому

      @@chloecam101 oh

    • @everettlira7157
      @everettlira7157 3 місяці тому +3

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

  • @hermitsunite953
    @hermitsunite953 Рік тому +21

    not gonna lie, this felt like a Wattpad fanfiction.

  • @RobertsonMilkshakes
    @RobertsonMilkshakes Місяць тому

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

  • @magicbulletdancers
    @magicbulletdancers Рік тому +2

    Thank you. Excellent ❤

  • @gin6270
    @gin6270 10 місяців тому

    Thank you, thank you very very much.

  • @JackT13
    @JackT13 5 місяців тому +28

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

    • @mia_mozzerella8924
      @mia_mozzerella8924 4 місяці тому +20

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

    • @SkiBat64
      @SkiBat64 2 місяці тому +6

      Bruh just read the description before you comment. Lazy

    • @JackT13
      @JackT13 2 місяці тому

      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
      @mia_mozzerella8924 2 місяці тому +5

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

    • @JackT13
      @JackT13 2 місяці тому

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

  • @maxwellmosley5633
    @maxwellmosley5633 Рік тому +1

    Well Readied thank you Arthur Lane

  • @xenianastasopoulos5183
    @xenianastasopoulos5183 Годину тому

    Volume 2
    Chapter 6: 3:27:49

  • @deewhite4346
    @deewhite4346 Рік тому +3

    Wow thank you.

  • @Yesica1993
    @Yesica1993 Рік тому +2

    Thanks!

    • @gatesofimagination
      @gatesofimagination  Рік тому

      Thank you very much ♥️

    • @Yesica1993
      @Yesica1993 Рік тому +1

      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

  • @SpaceIntelligenceChannel
    @SpaceIntelligenceChannel 4 місяці тому +1

    FINALLY 6:54:21 THE END

  • @SnakeAndTurtleQigong
    @SnakeAndTurtleQigong Рік тому

    Thanks so much

  • @martind5565
    @martind5565 Рік тому +7

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

  • @anon64mus66
    @anon64mus66 Рік тому +2

    Yesssss, I wanted this one. Thank you!

  • @duck7093
    @duck7093 4 дні тому

    Good read

  • @jxmxnisbxe2775
    @jxmxnisbxe2775 Рік тому

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

    • @jxmxnisbxe2775
      @jxmxnisbxe2775 Рік тому

      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).

    • @jxmxnisbxe2775
      @jxmxnisbxe2775 Рік тому

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

    • @thatguylog1835
      @thatguylog1835 10 днів тому

      🔥✍️

  • @RobertsonMilkshakes
    @RobertsonMilkshakes Місяць тому

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

  • @JurdTV
    @JurdTV 2 місяці тому

    Bookmark 1:51:40

  • @akaashikeijiluvr
    @akaashikeijiluvr 8 місяців тому

    bookmarks:
    31:23

  • @achalshaw9373
    @achalshaw9373 Рік тому

    Thank you

  • @rustymason3860
    @rustymason3860 Рік тому +8

    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
      @paulschnyder938 Рік тому +2

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

    • @virgogaming6488
      @virgogaming6488 Рік тому

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

    • @rezzer7918
      @rezzer7918 Рік тому +2

      I guess Percy really loved her 😉

    • @lervish1966
      @lervish1966 11 місяців тому

      She wrote the boring bits.

    • @Eliot-d1r
      @Eliot-d1r 8 місяців тому +6

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

  • @peterdevin6910
    @peterdevin6910 Рік тому

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

    • @gatesofimagination
      @gatesofimagination  Рік тому +13

      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.

  • @crc1858
    @crc1858 Місяць тому

    Bookmarks 1:08:05

  • @EverboughART
    @EverboughART 2 місяці тому

    3:27:43 bookmark

  • @RobertsonMilkshakes
    @RobertsonMilkshakes Місяць тому

    Metaphysics does not use normal sentence structure

  • @RobertsonMilkshakes
    @RobertsonMilkshakes Місяць тому

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

  • @andreashinault5678
    @andreashinault5678 Рік тому

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

    • @gatesofimagination
      @gatesofimagination  Рік тому

      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
      @andreashinault5678 Рік тому +2

      @@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
      @gatesofimagination  Рік тому +8

      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
      @rezzer7918 Рік тому

      Not done enough!

    • @rezzer7918
      @rezzer7918 Рік тому +2

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

  • @leafleafkris
    @leafleafkris Рік тому

    that was wild omfg

  • @JohnWitham-dr4es
    @JohnWitham-dr4es 2 місяці тому

    This book is the missing link🪶

  • @plebasaurues
    @plebasaurues 3 місяці тому

    29:08 book mark ❤

  • @ExMachina70
    @ExMachina70 10 місяців тому +1

    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.

  • @theoneeyerx2568
    @theoneeyerx2568 Рік тому +1

    3:56:00

  • @Alis_Corli
    @Alis_Corli Рік тому +1

    shout out to 2023 HMJ102 students lmao

  • @plebasaurues
    @plebasaurues 3 місяці тому

    48:39 Bookmark 🎉

  • @plebasaurues
    @plebasaurues 3 місяці тому

    1:01:26 bonkmark

  • @benfranklinsleftnut7458
    @benfranklinsleftnut7458 Рік тому +1

    .75 speed

  • @xotwod3254
    @xotwod3254 Рік тому

    5:13:37

  • @tatumespino6705
    @tatumespino6705 10 місяців тому

    31:23 bookmark

  • @rezzer7918
    @rezzer7918 Рік тому +2

    Great story by Percy Shelley 😉

    • @lervish1966
      @lervish1966 11 місяців тому

      He only wrote the best bits.

    • @Eliot-d1r
      @Eliot-d1r 8 місяців тому +6

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

  • @RobertsonMilkshakes
    @RobertsonMilkshakes Місяць тому

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

  • @Sarah-uk7im
    @Sarah-uk7im 2 місяці тому

    20:56

  • @AerisNotAerith
    @AerisNotAerith 10 місяців тому

    53:39

  • @So-Be-It_890
    @So-Be-It_890 8 місяців тому +1

    1818

  • @abbychristensen8476
    @abbychristensen8476 10 місяців тому

    38:48

  • @machstem2536
    @machstem2536 Місяць тому

    4.00

  • @trishagharami2643
    @trishagharami2643 8 місяців тому

    40:44

  • @NotWhite-dt3tu
    @NotWhite-dt3tu Рік тому

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

  • @ИринаКим-ъ5ч
    @ИринаКим-ъ5ч 2 місяці тому

    Martinez Michelle Allen Sarah Wilson Helen

  • @JeffShamley
    @JeffShamley 2 місяці тому

    I don’t care for it

  • @danthoreson4062
    @danthoreson4062 Рік тому +3

    no way mary shelly wrote this

    • @lervish1966
      @lervish1966 11 місяців тому

      She co-wrote it.

    • @ASUtatumaguilar
      @ASUtatumaguilar 9 місяців тому

      don't hate on the girlbossing @@lervish1966

    • @Eliot-d1r
      @Eliot-d1r 8 місяців тому +5

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

  • @Lingchow1
    @Lingchow1 8 днів тому

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

  • @movie.reference
    @movie.reference Місяць тому

    3:27:49 bookmark

  • @jxmxnisbxe2775
    @jxmxnisbxe2775 Рік тому +1

    1:01:47

  • @alexanderasher8037
    @alexanderasher8037 Рік тому +1

    3:05:30

  • @sebmac7987
    @sebmac7987 9 місяців тому

    4:13:11

  • @syndelgeline
    @syndelgeline 9 місяців тому

    29:54

  • @rangofanatic
    @rangofanatic Рік тому

    3:09:00

  • @bittsm7211
    @bittsm7211 10 місяців тому

    2:34:38

  • @salomni
    @salomni 5 місяців тому

    2:11:53

  • @plebasaurues
    @plebasaurues 2 місяці тому

    1:48:38

  • @StormPrime
    @StormPrime 8 місяців тому

    1:30:00

  • @sebmac7987
    @sebmac7987 9 місяців тому

    3:27:30

  • @insanatty
    @insanatty 2 місяці тому

    1:34:30

  • @anadalayrodriguez6662
    @anadalayrodriguez6662 17 днів тому

    3:27:49