Author:Mary Shelley,Peter Noble,Colin Salmon
Brought to you by Penguin.
This Penguin Classic is performed by Colin Salmon known for his starring roles in Resident Evil and Alien Vs Predator. He is also known for his role as Charles Robinson alongside Pierce Brosnan's James Bond. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Maurice Hindle, read by Peter Noble.
A terrifying vision of scientific progress without moral limits, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein leads the reader on an unsettling journey from the sublime beauty of the Swiss alps to the desolate waste of the arctic circle.
Obsessed with the idea of creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material with which to fashion a new being, shocking his creation to life with electricity. But this botched creature, rejected by its creator and denied human companionship, sets out to destroy Frankenstein and all that he holds dear. Mary Shelley's chilling gothic tale was conceived when she was only eighteen, living with her lover Percy Shelley near Lord Byron's villa on Lake Geneva. It would become the world's most famous work of Gothic horror, and Frankenstein's monster an instantly-recognisable symbol of the limits of human creativity.
One of the few genuine innovations in the history of the novel
—— New YorkerOne of her greatest achievements, a book whose afterlife continues to inspire new generations of writers and readers
—— GuardianI finished the book in one sitting, leaving the children unbathed, dogs unwalked, a husband unfed, and giving alternate cries of joy and recognition throughout
—— Jilly CooperA Pooterish masterpiece of 20th-century humour
—— Christopher FowlerIn the pages that follow is laid out the best of British womanhood, and you will fall in love with a capable, funny, clever, and never cloying woman ... EM Delafield has provided us with a faithful and funny and lasting record of having it all at a time when the concept was so alien that it didn't even exist
—— Rachel JohnsonThe novel gallops forward, full of danger, delight and surprise. Nearly miraculous, it seems, is Pullman's ability to sketch character, place and motive in just a few lines
—— New StatesmanA long, taxing, complex journey, laced with beauty, terror and philosophy
—— MetroAs ever, Pullman's story is complex and vast but home to some of the finest storytelling in the 21st century. Revel in whole new worlds and enjoy one of literature's most wonderful heroines before she comes to HBO and the BBC
—— StylistPullman is confronting readers with the horrors of our own world reflected back at us. In The Secret Commonwealth he creates a fearful symmetry
—— The HeraldPullman has created a fantasy world, made yet more satisfying in this new volume. This is a book for getting older with
—— GuardianREVIEWS FOR LA BELLE SAUVAGE: THE BOOK OF DUST VOLUME ONE:
Fans of His Dark Materials will find themselves joyfully immersed in a familiar world . . . meanwhile, awaiting first-time readers is all the pleasure of commencing their own journey into this most captivating of universes at the very beginning of Lyra's story
No one else writes like Pullman . . . entirely worth the 17-year wait
—— Imogen Russell Williams, MetroA rich, imaginative, vividly characterised rite-of-passage tale
—— Nicolette Jones, The Sunday TimesHigh-octane adventure accompanies ingenious plotting
—— The TimesOne of the most influential novelists of his generation
—— Observer
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