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Frankenstein (Dramatized)

By: Mary Shelley, Jonathan Barnes
Narrated by: Arthur Darvill, Nicholas Briggs, Geoffrey Beevers, Georgia Moffett, Terry Molloy, Alex Jordan, Geoffrey Breton
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When the crew of the Oceanus rescued a man close to death, its captain could barely have guessed at the incredible story that man would come to share. This is the story of Victor Frankenstein: a man obsessed with discovering the secret of life and cheating death; a man who brings to life to a body built from corpses; and a man who rejects this would-be child....

Soon Victor and his creature are entangled in a dangerous game of cat and mouse across Europe. But who is truly the monster?

Arthur Darvill stars in this gripping audiobook adaptation of Mary Shelley’s chilling tale, dramatised by Jonathan Barnes. This release also features a bonus documentary - Behind the Screams - examining the worlds of horror in audio drama, and the full music suite, composed by James Dunlop.

©2014 Big Finish Productions (P)2014 Big Finish Productions Classics Drama & Plays Horror Scary Dramatised Horror

Critic reviews

"Jonathan Barnes and everyone involved deserve to be congratulated for the quality of this story that does full justice to the original." (Cultbox.co.uk)
"Intense, horrifying and brilliantly realised – more like this please, Big Finish." ( Sci-Fi Bulletin)
"It’s a brilliant and probably in its own terms an undervalued story, and this is a fascinating, absorbing reading of it. Highly recommended." ( Starburst Magazine)
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the rest of this audio is from cast crew etc. the book itself was amazing, performance was gripping. however there was an awful lot of other information with this book. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

only aprox 3hrs long

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Gripping and superbly-acted. I knocked off one star for the superfluous 2-hour extras tacked onto the end with Frankensteinian misguidedness, which I didn't bother with.

Fantastic Adaptation!

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I should have read the reviews! This is only 3 instead of 5 hours long and it felt like the story just suddenly ends. Finished chapter 36 and there’s over a minute of complete silence then moves on to nonsense outtakes from the recording without any warning. I found this odd and annoying.
With regard to the actual story and performances, these were very good.

Much shorter than expected

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Fantastic cast, wonderful dramatisation of a classic. Ended a little abruptly, but first rate production.

EXCELLENT ADAPTATION

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Enjoyed this title greatly. Ending was sudden but was compensated by the great performances and roles. Pfhaaathuur Moudththeeerrr voice of the bride to be was actually enough to give me goose bumps.

Solid

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