Two Horror Classics, Mary Shelley
Two Horror Classics, Mary Shelley
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Two Horror Classics
Frankenstein and Dracula

Author: Mary Shelley

Narrator: Gildart Jackson

Unabridged: 28 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/17/2018


Synopsis

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley In this tale of bio-engineering gone horribly wrong, Victor Frankenstein uses body parts of the dead to bring a creature to life. When Frankenstein abandons his experiment in horror, the Monster embarks on a quest that results in the ultimate revenge. Dracula by Bram Stoker In this timeless gothic vampire romance, young solicitor Jonathan Harker must shield his fianc?e, Mina, from the predations of the insatiable Count Dracula. Mysteriously drawn to the Count, Mina, however, struggles to break free from the psychic grip of the mysterious dark stranger from Transylvania.

About Mary Shelley

The daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft, the ardent feminist and author of A Vindication on the Right of Women, and William Goodwin, the radical-anarchist philosopher and author of Lives of the Necromancers, Mary Goodwin was born into a free-thinking, revolutionary household in London on August 30, 1797. Educated mainly by her intellectual surroundings, she had little formal schooling, and at age sixteen, she eloped with the young poet Percy Bysshe Shelly; they eventually married in 1816.

Mary Shelly's life had many tragic elements: her mother died giving birth to Mary; her half-sister committed suicide; Percy's wife Harriet Shelly drowned herself and her unborn child after he ran off with Mary; William Goodwin disowned Mary and Shelly after the elopement but, heavily in debt, recanted and came to them for money; Mary's first child died soon after its birth; and in 1822 Percy Shelly drowned in the Gulf of La Spezia—Mary was not quite twenty-five then.

Mary did not begin to write seriously until the summer of 1816, when she and Shelly were living in Switzerland, neighbors to Lord Byron. One night following a contest to compose ghost stories, Mary conceived her masterpiece, Frankenstein. After her husband's death, she continued to write, publishing Valperga, The Last Man, Ladore, and Faulkner between 1823 and 1837, in addition to editing Percy's works. In 1838 she began to work on his biography, but due to poor health she completed only a fragment.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Joseph on October 19, 2022

This classic horror novel needs no introduction but does need some clarification. The Universal Horror Film version of the monster has become ubiquitous in Western culture and overshadows the depiction of the creature in the novel. The mute, zombie-like Boris Karloff incarnation is physically simila......more

Goodreads review by Patrycja ✨ on October 24, 2023

Dracula 2/5 ✨ Frankenstein 4/5✨......more

Goodreads review by Randy on December 06, 2023

3.5 My rating is for Frankenstein.......more

Goodreads review by Susan on October 25, 2024

I listened to both of these as audiobooks. I could have sworn I had read these or at least parts when I was younger. But, after listening to these I think my memories are from all the other media representations of these stories. I've read other comics & books, and watched every TV show & movie. Eve......more

Goodreads review by Willow on October 08, 2024

Dracula was definately better than Frankenstein for me. Frankenstein was just hard to get into after reading Dracula.......more