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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

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Repro India Limited
Año de edición:
2019
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Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9788129151445

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Frankenstein is the story of an eccentric scientist Victor Frankenstein and his creation. Victorundertakes an unconventional experiment, succeeds in creating a living being but with horrifyingresults. Written by Mary Shelley when she was young, this story is the first science-fiction novelto achieve cult status, and is a bone-chilling read.Victor Frankenstein, born into an affluent Swiss family, seeks knowledge and goes on to explorenew fields in science. He ends up creating a ghastly being and hastily abandons it. But his creation,longs for his companionship. The creature is feared and hated by everyone because of its monstrousappearance. It is soon filled with hatred for his creator when he realizes why he is abhorred by thesociety. He then decides to seek him with terrible vengeance and things go spiraling down fromthere. This conflict between the creator and his creation and its irrevocable consequences formthe central theme of Frankenstein

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