Paperback, 273 pages
English language
Published Dec. 31, 2002 by J.M. Dent & Sons, E.P. Dutton.
Obsessed with creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, which he shocks into life with electricity. But his botched creature, rejected by Frankenstein and denied human companionship, sets out to destroy his maker and all that he holds dear. Mary Shelley's chilling Gothic tale was conceived when she was only eighteen, living with her lover Percy Shelley near Byron's villa on Lake Geneva. It would become the world's most famous work of horror fiction, and remains a devastating exploration of the limits of human creativity.
Based on the third edition of 1831, this volume contains all the revisions Mary Shelley made to her story, as well as her 1831 introduction and Percy Bysshe Shelley's preface to the first edition. This revised edition includes as appendices a select collation of the texts of 1818 and 1831 together with 'A Fragment' by Lord Byron …
Obsessed with creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, which he shocks into life with electricity. But his botched creature, rejected by Frankenstein and denied human companionship, sets out to destroy his maker and all that he holds dear. Mary Shelley's chilling Gothic tale was conceived when she was only eighteen, living with her lover Percy Shelley near Byron's villa on Lake Geneva. It would become the world's most famous work of horror fiction, and remains a devastating exploration of the limits of human creativity.
Based on the third edition of 1831, this volume contains all the revisions Mary Shelley made to her story, as well as her 1831 introduction and Percy Bysshe Shelley's preface to the first edition. This revised edition includes as appendices a select collation of the texts of 1818 and 1831 together with 'A Fragment' by Lord Byron and Dr John Polidori's 'The Vampyre: A Tale'.
It's a little slower at the start than I would like, and dense, but so good once it gets going...
Content warning Por si acaso lo pongo que lo que escribo puede destripar ideas preconcebidas sobre esta obra
Mientras avanzaba en esta lectura más me acordaba de Victor Hugo y su jorobado, que de Disney precisamente no era. Una muestra de como el cine "gana" en crear relato (ya que es tan moderno decir estas cosas), por ejemplo, a la inmensa mayoría de la gente que preguntes seguro que te responde que el monstruo se mueve de una manera muy concreta, y hasta aquí voy a escribir. En mi caso no es una obra maestra, ni se le acerca, pero es que no tiene que serlo, y además una historia que tiene más de doscientos años y sigue mereciendo mucho la pena ya es mucho decir. En definitiva, no tiene nada que ver con lo que creo que la gente espera por culpa del cine, ni mejor ni peor, distinto, así que a leer y que cada gusto escoja que color prefiere. Nota: 7,5/10.
The book deals mith such complex topics in an incredibly well written story. I read the first part of the 1831 version and then switched to the 1818 version (I read all three parts) and both versions are intriguing. It’s going to be in my Spooky Season list!
