Frankenstein

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Obsessed with uncovering the deepest secrets of life, a gifted young scientist isolates himself from family, love, and ordinary human feeling in pursuit of a single goal: to defeat death itself. After years of fevered study and dangerous experimentation, he succeeds in giving life to a being assembled from lifeless matter. The moment of triumph instantly becomes one of horror. Repulsed by what he has created, he flees from it, abandoning the newborn creature to face the world alone, without guidance, without love, and without identity. Cast out and driven away by every human it encounters, the creature wanders through forests, villages, and frozen wilderness, learning about humanity only by secretly observing it. It discovers language, kindness, suffering, and the ache of belonging by watching a poor family from eing being rather than hunted as a monster. When it finally reaches out for companionship, it is met with violence and rejection, crushing its last belief in mercy. From that moment, loneliness hardens into fury. The creature turns its pain outward and begins to strike back at the one who gave it life and then denied it love. A relentless chain of tragedy unfolds as innocence gives way to vengeance, and both creator and creation are pulled into a fatal pursuit across cities, mountains, and the frozen edge of the world. This dark and powerful story explores the terror of isolation, the consequences of unchecked ambition, and the moral responsibility that comes with creation. It asks whether a being is born monstrous or made so by cruelty, and whether the true horror lies in the creature itself—or in the human heart that refused to care for it. Duration - 9h. Author - Mary Shelley. Narrator - Alex Squire. Published Date - Sunday, 18 January 2026. Copyright - © 2025 Avalon House Audio ©.

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English