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Oct 2, 2025 3 hr 12 min

Part Four: Retribution - Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus

from Riverside Readings Hosted by Trent Mylie

In Part Four, we explore whether Victor Frankenstein will heed his monster's plea to foster a love that longs for him. What might happen if he rewires his rejection? And if he chooses acceptance? How much patience can the despised creature muster for his creator, and how receptive is Victor likely to be? This raises questions about whether the story will spiral into catastrophe, conclude happily, or unfold as a series of never-ending horrors. Listen in to Part Four: Retribution on Riverside Readings, an audio drama podcast, where we bring the classics to life! Translation for Dramatische Szenen bei <<Tod überall Tod>> (12) <<TOMÄMÄSS>> Von Joël Moos - JVM Productions - Eberhard Rex Death sits with us. He breathes with us. He is with us at all times. No mountains made of stone; No Lakes made of tears; No Heart, however great, can ever conquer Him. Death sits with us. He breathes with us. He is with us at all times. Death everywhere, Death! Death everywhere, Death! So many people: So much death everywhere, death! So many animals: So much death everywhere, death! So many plants: So much death everywhere, death! Music Credit: Schubert - Piano Sonata in E flat major, D. 568 (https://www.classicals.de/schubert-d568) Borodin - String Quartet No. 1 in A Major (https://www.classicals.de/borodin-string-quartet-no1) Beethoven - Coriolan Overture - Op.62 (https://www.classicals.de/beethoven-op62) Maarten Schellekens - Reminiscing (https://www.classicals.de/neoclassical) Chopin - Cello Sonata Op. 65 - I. Allegro moderato (https://www.classicals.de/chopin-collection) Aguado, Dionisio - Adantino in A Minor - Nuevo metodo para guitarra, Leccion 19 (https://www.classicals.de/aguado-selection) Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat Major, Op. 110 - I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo (https://www.classicals.de/beethoven-piano-sonata-no31) Brahms - Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68 - I. Un poco sostenuto — Allegro – Meno allegro (C minor, ending in C major)(https://www.classicals.de/brahms-symphony-no1) Josef Suk - Meditation on the Old Czech Chorale 'St. Wenceslas', Op. 35a (https://www.classicals.de/suk-meditation) Chopin - Nocturne Op. 15 no. 1 in F major (https://www.classicals.de/chopin-collection) Maarten Schellekens - If Only I Could Stop the Clock (https://www.classicals.de/neoclassical) Brahms - Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90 - II. Andante (https://www.classicals.de/brahms-symphony-no3) Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 4 in E Flat Major, Op. 7 - II. Largo con gran espressione (https://www.classicals.de/beethoven-piano-sonata-no4) Sergei Prokofiev - National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine - Cinderella Suite No.1, Op. 109: VII: Cinderella Waltz- Theodore Kuchar Shunske Sato - Brondenburg Concerto no. 4 in G. Major - Netherlands Bach Society for all Bach G.F. Handel - Sarabande - The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra Steigerlied (Glück auf, der Steiger kommt) - Ruhkolle - Chor, WDR-Sinfonieorchester & Miners Dramatische Szenen bei <<Tod überall Tod>> (12) <<TOMÄMÄSS>> Von Joël Moos - JVM Productions - Eberhard Rex Leonard Bernstein - Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique 4th movement: Allegretto non troppo (Marche au supplice) - Orchestre National de France Hanneke van Proosdij & David Tyler - Suite No. 3, BMV 1068, Early Music Voices

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