by Mary W. Shelley · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420634265
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«Frankenstein o el moderno Prometeo» is the gothic novel by Mary W. Shelley, published by Alianza Editorial in paperback (280 pages, in Spanish).
Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist, manages to create life from inert matter, but abandons the creature upon seeing it. Rejected and alone, the creature becomes vengeful and pursues its creator. The work uses the epistolary form, combines gothic horror and scientific speculation, and is considered a precursor to science fiction.
It belongs to the El Libro de Bolsillo - Literatura collection, number 5512, with a translation by Francisco Torres Oliver.
For readers interested in classics of gothic horror and the origins of 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.
