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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

The author of Frankenstein, written when she was eighteen.

1797–1851 Gothic FictionHorror - GothicRomance
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About Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Mary Shelley was the daughter of the writers Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin. She began Frankenstein during a stormy summer at Lake Geneva in 1816, when Lord Byron challenged his guests to write ghost stories, and published it in 1818. It is often called the first science-fiction novel.
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Frankenstein

Narrated by James Scott

Mary Shelley’s immortal tale of creation and consequence comes alive in James Scott’s gripping narration—a haunting pursuit from lab to Arctic that probes ambition, guilt...

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Mathilda

Narrated by Liz Leafloor

Mathilda writes her story as she is dying. She grew up without a mother, raised by a cold aunt in Scotland. When her father returns, she learns to love him. Then he tells...

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The Mortal Immortal

Narrated by Christopher Mireider

Winzy tells his story: three hundred and twenty-three years ago, he took a potion from his master, an alchemist. He found it gave him a long life. Now he cannot die, but...

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