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.

Hello, we made it. We're finally here. It's time to start a new book. Welcome. I'm so happy that you're here.

And I'm so excited to be reading Frankenstein this season. If you're new here, if this is your first ever episode of

Storytime for Grownups, welcome. I am absolutely thrilled to have you here. Thank you for joining us.

If you're not new, welcome back. I'm so glad you're here that you haven't left us. Believe it or

not, this is Season 4 of Storytime for Grownups. I started it in January of 2024, and it was just me. That first

episode was just me reading a book into the void, and I could not possibly have imagined

what it was going to become. So thank you for being here, and thank you for supporting this show

and all the ways that you've been supporting it, and I cannot wait to get started on this new season.

So, this is our intro episode. I do this at the start of each new book. We always have one

episode where I just kind of set the scene a little bit. So we're going to talk about a bit of

historical context, like when the book was written, what was going on, what was

important, that sort of thing. I'll talk a little bit about the author of Frankenstein,

Mary Shelley, who she was, what her life was like, and we'll talk a little bit about the book itself.

But, and those of you who've been here for a while have heard me say this a lot, but it always

bears repeating, I will never do spoilers. Never, ever,

ever, ever, ever. And I won't even come close to spoilers. Like, I won't tell you what to think in

advance or what to look out for or anything like that. I want you to experience these books

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