Transformation

Name: Transformation
Brand: Findaway Voices
Availability: InStock
Author: Mary Shelley
ISBN: 9781667058849

Author: Mary Shelley

Narrator: Adriel Brandt

Unabridged: 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Adriel Brandt

Published: 09/15/2021

Categories: Fiction, Gothic, Horror, Classic

Synopsis

When a young man squanders his inheritance and scornfully refuses the help of a family friend, he descends into miserable fury. At his lowest point, upon a jagged beach overlooking a sea suddenly violent with storm, he encounters a twisted deity that offers him wealth and revenge . . . for an unconscionable price."Transformation" is a disturbing tale of recklessness and pride, an eerie Gothic twist on the scriptural prodigal son narrative by the mother of horror Mary Shelley.

About Mary Shelley

The daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft, the ardent feminist and author of A Vindication on the Right of Women, and William Goodwin, the radical-anarchist philosopher and author of Lives of the Necromancers, Mary Goodwin was born into a free-thinking, revolutionary household in London on August 30, 1797. Educated mainly by her intellectual surroundings, she had little formal schooling, and at age sixteen, she eloped with the young poet Percy Bysshe Shelly; they eventually married in 1816.

Mary Shelly's life had many tragic elements: her mother died giving birth to Mary; her half-sister committed suicide; Percy's wife Harriet Shelly drowned herself and her unborn child after he ran off with Mary; William Goodwin disowned Mary and Shelly after the elopement but, heavily in debt, recanted and came to them for money; Mary's first child died soon after its birth; and in 1822 Percy Shelly drowned in the Gulf of La Spezia—Mary was not quite twenty-five then.

Mary did not begin to write seriously until the summer of 1816, when she and Shelly were living in Switzerland, neighbors to Lord Byron. One night following a contest to compose ghost stories, Mary conceived her masterpiece, Frankenstein. After her husband's death, she continued to write, publishing Valperga, The Last Man, Ladore, and Faulkner between 1823 and 1837, in addition to editing Percy's works. In 1838 she began to work on his biography, but due to poor health she completed only a fragment.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dagio_maya on December 18, 2021

Tre racconti: -“Metamorfosi “(Transformation 1831) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ -"Il mortale immortale" (The Mortal Immortal) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ -"Il malocchio" (The Evil Eye) ⭐⭐⭐ Tre declinazioni in cui il soprannaturale s’insinua nella vita degli uomini. Mary Shelley ai miei occhi si riconferma maestra nel dipingere le atmosfere e gli......more

Goodreads review by Jesús on September 01, 2019

"LA TRANSFORMACIÓN" de Mary Shelley Bueno la historia trata de Guido, un joven genovés muy atractivo y millonario que sin embargo en el transcurso de su vida se arruinará debido a gastos y disipaciones, algo por entonces quizás muy frecuente entre la aristocracia antigua, pues este cuento está ambien......more

Goodreads review by ESRAA on November 24, 2023

" أيها الترقُّب، كم أنت شيء مخيف عندما يُشعِلك الخوف أكثر من الرجاء! كيف تلتفُّ من حول القلب وتُعذِّب خفقاته! كيف تُسدِّد إلى أنحاء الجسد الضعيفة آلامًا غير معروفة تُهشِّمنا تارةً مثل الزجاج المكسو، ويمنحنا العدم قوة جديدة تارةً أخرى، لكنها قوة لا تستطيع فعل شيء " قصة عن الغرور والكبرياء فالعناد الذي......more

Goodreads review by Saturn on February 11, 2021

Di Mary Shelley avevo letto solo Frankenstein; e molto colpevolmente, perché è davvero un'autrice da scoprire anche nelle altre sue opere. Di questi tre racconti ho apprezzato particolarmente i primi due, con le loro atmosfere gotiche e cupe. Il terzo non ha uno stile molto diverso ma nonostante la......more

Goodreads review by Joseph on August 30, 2019

Mary Shelley is best known for "Frankenstein" and, to a lesser extent, her end-of-days novel "The Last Man". However, apart from a number of other novels, she also wrote several short stories, often with a supernatural or fantastic theme. Three of these are included in this attractive paperback edit......more