In this episode of pplpod, we take a deep dive into the chilling pages of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's classic literature masterpiece, Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus. Regarded as a pioneering work of science fiction and a cornerstone of the Gothic novel, this episode provides a comprehensive book summary and thematic analysis.

Join us as we follow the harrowing journey of Victor Frankenstein, an ambitious young scientist from Geneva who travels to the university of Ingolstadt and becomes dangerously obsessed with unlocking the secrets of life and death. Driven by extreme scientific hubris, Victor pieces together a human frame from charnel-houses and slaughter-houses, successfully bestowing animation upon lifeless matter. However, he is instantly repulsed by the hideous, eight-foot-tall Monster he has brought into the worl ...