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Walton sets out to explore the north pole and expand his. Librivox recording of frankenstein, or modern prometheus, by mary wollstonecraft shelley. Listen to frankenstein audiobook by mary shelley free. Frankenstein starts to recover from his exertion and recounts his story to walton. Stranges authored several books on scientific and religious subjects, including his classic the stranger at the pentagon, which tells the unusual story of a spaceman named valiant thor. Frankenstein audiobook illustrated classics 9781622500826. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Strangess bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. Listen to unlimited audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. Volume ii chapter v i now hasten to the more moving part of my story.
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