by Mary W. Shelley · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422658627
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«Frankenstein o el moderno Prometeo» is the gothic novel by Mary W. Shelley, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback (277 pages, in Spanish).
Born as a ghost story during an evening with Lord Byron, Mary Shelley wrote it at eighteen. The novel explores the human soul through the scientist who creates life and, as in the myth of Prometheus, his daring to supplant God condemns him to be tormented by his own creature.
1996 edition in Spanish, translated by Francisco Torres Oliver. The novel was originally published in 1818.
A common read in book clubs and classrooms, aimed at those seeking a classic of gothic 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.
