by Mary W. Shelley · tapa dura · ISBN 9788439280521
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«Frankenstein o el moderno Prometeo» is the gothic horror novel by Mary W. Shelley, published by Ediciones Gaviota in hardback (324 pages, in Spanish).
Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist obsessed with the secret of life, creates a being from human remains. Horrified, he abandons it, and the creature unleashes a spiral of tragedy that pursues the scientist and his own. A key horror work, it reflects on scientific ambition, responsibility and humanity.
Third edition, published in 1993 in the Trébol collection, with translation by Ignacio Salido Amoroto and illustrations by Juan Ramón Alonso. Recommended reading age from 14 years.
For young readers and for those who want to discover one of the founding myths 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.
