| Frankenstein by Mary Shelley with the Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Commentary by Alison Larkin: 200th Anniversary Audio Contributor(s): Shelley, Mary (Author), Taylor Coleridge, Samuel (Author), Haward, Clive (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1518967884 ISBN-13: 9781518967887 Publisher: Author's Republic OUR PRICE: $26.99 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: November 2017 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.8" W x 5.6" (0.45 lbs) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This chilling tale of a gruesome monster unleashed into the world by an unthinking scientist was first conceived in 1818 by nineteen-year-old Mary Shelley on a dark, rainy night on Lake Geneva. Lord Byron and Percy Shelley challenged their friends to see who could come up with the most horrifying story imaginable. Mary Shelley did, terrifying them all with her nightmare-inspired tale. |
Contributor Bio(s): Shelley, Mary: - Mary Shelley (1797-1851), nee Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, was born in London, the second daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft, well known feminist, philosopher, educator, and writer, and William Godwin, famous English philosopher, novelist, and journalist. She was best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, written when she was eighteen and published when she was twenty-one. She was married to the Romantic writer Percy Bysshe Shelley. Taylor Coleridge, Samuel: -Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) studied classics at Jesus College, Cambridge. As a radical young poet he collaborated with Wordsworth in Lyrical Ballads. He was by turns poet, dramatist, political journalist, essayist, and public lecturer. Chronic ill health and addiction to opium led to his death in 1834. Haward, Clive: -Clive Hayward, a well-known British actor, is delighted to be making his audiobook narration debut with Alison Larkin Presents. TV includes PRIME SUSPECT: THE FINAL ACT, opposite Helen Mirren; King George V1 in THE WINDSORS and DI Neil Gaunt in BBC's SILENT WITNESS. Theatre includes MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING with David Tennant, DUCKTASTIC! directed by Sir Kenneth Branagh, OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR with the National Theatre and the national tour of THE NEW STATESMAN, opposite Rik Mayall. Clive has also recorded numerous radio plays and documentaries for the BBC. |