After Dracula, Frankenstein is probably the most famous horror story ever written. If you want to get the original 1818 version of this amazing classic by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, then you can download a free digital copy on Project Gutenberg that is in the public domain.
I also found some great YouTube videos based around the Frankenstein novel and older movies that are now in the public domain.
Here are some of the best Frankenstein videos that I have come across on YouTube. The creators have released these videos under creative Commons licenses, but keep in mind that doesn’t mean you can use them however you like. It is important to familiarize yourself with the terms of the individual licenses first.
This is a video by the Xunco English YouTube channel. It is an audiobook of the final letter in the book.
This next video is published by the TechnoLiterature YouTube channel. It is the first part of a lecture series on the novel. The creator has a doctorate and seems to be a professor of literature.
This next video is a recording of a one hour and 47 minute lecture on the Frankenstein novel. It was published by UBC Arts One.
This video has a unique twist. It tries to explore the similarities between Frankenstein and Greek mythology.
This video from New America was a little less about the Frankenstein novel itself and more about the lessons from the novel and what they mean for or world as it is shaped by new scientific developments. It still overlaps with the theme of Shelley’s old novel
We hope you enjoy these videos! Also, please feel free to download your free digital copy of the public domain novel on the Project Gutenberg page!