Frankenstein: Horror, Humanity, and Hubris
3/30/20261 hr 16 min
Did Mary Shelley create the first true science fiction novel? Is Frankenstein a philosophical fable? How did Frankenstein inspire countless more horror stories?
Join Dominic Sandbrook and Tabitha Syrett as they delve into the fascinating story behind the writing of Frankenstein, the world it was born of, and the novel itself.
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First 90 secondsDominic Sandbrook· Host0:01
This episode is brought to you by the Folio Society.
Tabitha Syrett· Host0:04
The Folio Society is a small independent publisher based in South London owned by its employees. They revisit our favorite stories and ask how they ought to feel through design, illustration, and materials. Frankenstein, the subject of this episode, is one of their carefully reimagined titles.
Dominic Sandbrook· Host0:22
Frankenstein lives between fire and ice. It's about what happens when ambition outruns restraint, when brilliance untethers itself from [laughs] responsibility. And two centuries on, it still has that unsettling power.
Tabitha Syrett· Host0:38
From the cover to the introduction, the story is woven into every detail. Deliberate, restrained, but quietly unsettling.
Dominic Sandbrook· Host0:46
It's Frankenstein shaped with intention, holding its chill to the very last page and never quite thawing.
Tabitha Syrett· Host0:54
You can order Frankenstein and explore the other books we keep coming back to at foliosociety.com/thebookclub. That's foliosociety.com/thebookclub.
Speaker 21:06
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