Dracula Frankenstein

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Frankenstein (1818) is the definitive fable about genetic modification gone haywire which is only too relevant to modern times. Victor Frankenstein decides to build a a man from assembled body parts stolen from corpses. What results, of course, is a "monster", but the mastery of Shelley's storytelling leaves a listener asking themselves what a 'monster' really is- and feeling thoroughly frightened.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851) began to write Frankenstein as part of a competition between friends to write a ghost story. Whilst the others soon gave up, her book went on to win acclaim and has enraptured readers and listeners ever since.

Dracula (1897) follows Jonathan Harker, an English solicitor, who travels to Transylvania to meet the mysterious 'count' who has instructed him to purchase a property in England on his behalf. This begins a series of awful events, which will have a listener reaching for their crucifixes and garlic bulbs.

Bram Stoker (1847-1912) was an actor's assistent and London theatre manager. A trip to the crypts of Slains Castle in Aberdeenshire inspired his epic-story of blood-lust.