by Mary W. Shelley · Barcanova · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788448930387
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«Frankenstein» is the gothic horror novel by Mary W. Shelley, published by Barcanova in paperback (336 pages, in Catalan).
A young scientist obsessed with the origin of life assembles a being from fragments of corpses and brings it to life. The creator, horrified, rejects it, and everyone fears and hates the creature for its grotesque appearance. Lonely and embittered, the creature turns against its creator and unleashes a mutual and relentless pursuit.
The Catalan translation is by Carme Roig Papiol. The original novel, «Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus», was published in 1818.
Edition aimed at young readers aged 14 and over, to discover 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.
