by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · Alfaguara · tapa dura · ISBN 9788420479521
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«Frankenstein o El moderno Prometeo» is the gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, published by Alfaguara in hardback (269 pages, in Spanish).
Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist obsessed with finding the origin of life, creates a human being from fragments of corpses. When he sees it come to life, he flees in terror, and the creature, condemned to rejection and solitude, ends up pursuing its creator. The narrative combines gothic horror and science fiction while raising questions about scientific ambition, guilt, and the limits of knowledge.
This Alfaguara Clásicos edition, published in 2020, includes the translation by Silvia Alemany Vilalta and illustrations by David M. Buisán.
It will appeal to those who want to delve into the classics of gothic horror and science fiction, and to readers looking for a Spanish edition with illustrations.
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.
