by Mary W. Shelley · tapa dura · ISBN 9788476727737
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«Frankenstein» is the novel by Mary W. Shelley, published in 1996 by Edicomunicación, in hardcover (221 pages, in Spanish).
Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist determined to discover the origin of life, creates a humanoid creature and abandons it upon seeing it come to life. Rejection and loneliness transform the creature into a tormented being, and the mutual pursuit between creator and creation raises the limits of science and human nature.
This edition of Frankenstein was published in Barcelona and includes illustrations by Philippe Munch.
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.
