by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · tapa dura · ISBN 9788420733852
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«Frankenstein» is the gothic horror and science fiction novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, published by Anaya in hardback (240 pages, in Spanish).
The scientist Victor Frankenstein brings to life a creature formed from inert matter. Horrified by his work, he abandons it; rejected by its creator and by society, the creature, innocent at first, ends up driven by loneliness and revenge. The novel reflects on identity, the creator's responsibility, and the limits of science.
It belongs to Anaya's Tus Libros collection (no. 24); the novel was originally published in 1818.
The edition is aimed at young readers (ages 12 to 16) and at adults who want to rediscover a classic of 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.
