A serialised classic, retold for sleep

Frankenstein, night by night.

Frankenstein, night by night. Ice, lamplight and long mountain silences. Shelley's 1818 original, retold in our own words, honest to its sorrow but told slow, for the very end of the day. Each night is a long, slow session of a chapter or three, read by a calm voice with long silences. Take them in order, or open the night that suits the evening. The nights are planned and on their way; every night below switches on the night it is ready. The story is Shelley's; every sentence here is our own.

Serialised classic

The Nights

The whole book, retold slowly for sleep. Each night switches on the night it is ready.

7 nights

Frankenstein — Night 1: Letters from the Ice

93 min Frankenstein — Letters from the Ice A ship bound for the far north, a stranger found on the ice, and the quiet Geneva childhood he begins to describe.

Coming soon Night 2 — Ingolstadt A student leaves home for a foreign university, works alone through two long winters, and finishes the thing he has been making.

Coming soon Night 3 — The Road Home A slow spring of recovery, a letter from home, a night ride beside a stormy lake, and a household changed for good.

Coming soon Night 4 — The Sea of Ice A climb to a glacier above the clouds, a meeting on the ice, and a stranger's own account of his first days in the world.

Coming soon Night 5 — The Cottagers A winter spent watching a poor family through a chink in the wall, learning their language and their history, and asking one thing in return.

Frankenstein — Night 6: The Northern Islands

Coming soon Night 6 — The Northern Islands Down the Rhine and across to England, then north to a bare island of three huts, a promise weighed, and a long crossing by sea.

Coming soon Night 7 — Into the Ice A wedding by the lake, a house emptied of everyone it held, and a pursuit north that ends where the story began.

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