by Mary W. Shelley · Ediciones B · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788440619532
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«Frankenstein» is the gothic novel by Mary W. Shelley, published by Ediciones B in paperback (315 pages, in Spanish).
Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist obsessed with the secret of life, creates a being from fragments of corpses and flees in horror when he sees it come to life. The creature, marked by loneliness and rejection, becomes a vengeful pursuer. The novel addresses scientific ambition, the creator's responsibility, and the nature of humanity, as a precursor to horror and science fiction.
Work originally published in 1818; this Spanish edition, with translation by Manuel Serrat Crespo, appeared in 1991.
For readers who want to discover one of the foundational works of gothic horror and science fiction.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction. She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin and her mother was the philosopher and women's rights advocate Mary Wollstonecraft.
