by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · Ediciones B · tapa dura · ISBN 9788440644381
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«Frankenstein» is the gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, published by Ediciones B in hardback (304 pages, in Spanish).
The story follows Victor Frankenstein, a science student who, determined to discover the origin of life, creates a creature from human remains. On seeing his work, he flees in terror; the creature, rejected and plunged into solitude, ends up seeking revenge. The novel reflects on unbridled ambition, ethics and the limits of nature.
Originally written in 1818, this Spanish edition was translated by Montserrat López and published by Ediciones B in 1994.
Classic of gothic horror and science fiction, common in schools and reading clubs.
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.
