Hello and welcome to Story Time for Grownups. I'm Faith Moore, and this season we're reading

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Each episode, I'll read a few chapters from the book, pausing from time

to time to give brief explanations so it's easier to follow along. It's like an audiobook with built-in

notes. So brew a pot of tea, find a cozy

chair, and settle in. It's story time.

It's alive.

Welcome back to story time for grownups where creatures are being brought to life in the laboratory.

Oh my goodness.

Okay, we have so much to talk about today.

But before we do that, I wanted to read you a letter

right up front because it's not exactly about the book, but it's a very special letter and I wanted

to read it to you. Here's what it says. It says, hello, I am Helen and I am 10. I know this is not

about the book, but I was wondering if on your next episode you could please say happy birthday to my mom. Her name is Tessa, and she is the best reading buddy ever. Got to go.

Thanks if you can. Of course I can, Helen. Happy birthday, Tessa. You are obviously doing something,

right? You have a wonderful daughter and you're the best reading buddy ever.

So I hope you have a wonderful day on your birthday and thank you very much, Helen, for writing

in. That is very sweet. All right. Just a quick reminder before we get started. If you're

listening in real time, tomorrow is September's tea time over in our online community,

which is called The Drawing Room. So it's

Tuesday, the 23rd of September, and it's an 8 p.m. Eastern. So I hope that you're able to join us.

There's still time, if you're listening in real time, to sign up to join us. You have to scroll

into the show notes, which is the description of this episode, click on the link that's there to the

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