This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalogue page: https://librivox.org/frankenstein-or-the-modern-prometheus-version-4-by-mary-wollstonecraft-shelley/
This is a classic (gothic) horror story, and one of the earliest examples of science fiction. The main characters are Dr. Frankenstein and his creation, the daemon. Shelley called the scientist a "pale student of unhallowed arts" and his creation a "hideous phantasm of a man." This story is not only delightfully frightful, but arguably represents one of the clearest criticisms of science during a time when, like the daemon, it was leaving its own infancy and, like Dr. Frankenstein, testing its ethical boundaries. As Shelley said, "Frightful must it be; for supremely frightful would be the effect of any human endeavour to mock the stupendous mechanism of the Creator of the world. His success would terrify the artist; he would rush away from his odious handywork, horror-stricken." (jvanstan)
- Text source (only read from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebook/42324
- Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): standard
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[*] Project Code: NA3o2XXu
[*]Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): (Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley) : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Shelley
[*]Link to title on Wikipedia (if available): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein
[*]Number of sections (files) this project will have: 29
[*]Does the project have an introduction or preface [y/n]: Yes
[*]Original publication date (if known): 1831
[*]If you are a new volunteer, how would you like your name (or pseudonym) credited in the catalog? Do you have a URL you would like associated with your name?:
Genres for the project: Fantastic Fiction/Horror & Supernatural Fiction; Fantastic Fiction/Gothic Fiction; Fantastic Fiction/Science Fiction; Historical Fiction
Keywords that describe the book: Monster, alchemy, scientist, experimentation, sapient creature, reanimation, corpses
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[*]The reader will record the following at the beginning and end of each file:
No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!
START of recording (Intro):
- "Introduction and Preface of Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
- If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]" - Say:
"Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Introduction and Preface."
For the second and all subsequent sections, you may optionally use the shortened form of this intro disclaimer:
- "Letter/Chapter [number] of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. This LibriVox recording is in the Public Domain."
- If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]" - Only if applicable, say:
"[Chapter title]"
- At the end of the section, say:
"End of [Letter/Chapter]" - If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]" - At the end of the book, say (in addition):
"End of Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. "
There should be ~5 seconds silence at the end of the recording.
[*]Example filename franktheprometheus_##_shelley_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. franktheprometheus_01_shelley_128kb.mp3)
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I'll proof the last two before the weekend is over.
Apparently film makers added some rather silly macabre episodes in Geneva before the end; glad to know Mary Shelley had better taste.