by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · FRENTE Y VUELTA S.A. DE C.V. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788476726174
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«Frankenstein o El moderno Prometeo» is the gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, published by Frente y Vuelta in paperback (221 pages, in Spanish).
Victor Frankenstein, a scientist obsessed with the secrets of life, manages to animate a being formed from fragments of human bodies. Horrified, he abandons it; the creature, rejected and alone, becomes a threat to its creator. The novel addresses scientific ambition, responsibility, loneliness and monstrosity.
This Spanish edition was published in 1994 and is part of the Clásicos Universales collection; the novel originally appeared in 1818.
A classic of gothic horror, also noted as a precursor to science fiction; ideal for starting out in both genres.
Nineteenth-century English writer, author of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, one of the first works of science fiction and a Gothic horror classic.
