Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus

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Mary Shelley: Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus (Paperback, 2019, Independently published, Independently Published)

Paperback, 285 pages

Published Dec. 3, 2019 by Independently published, Independently Published.

ISBN:
978-1-6710-3257-6
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Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley. Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818, when she was 20. Her name first appeared in the second edition, which was published in Paris in 1821.

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I wasn't expecting to like this book anywhere near as much as I ended up doing! The story as told in the book is much more interesting than the limited image of it that's got in to popular culture, and this was my first encounter with the whole thing. It's so much more about deeply flawed Victor Frankenstein (TLDR: our reading group kept using the term "main character syndrome") than about the mad science process. And while the creature is far from likeable, his portrayal has genuine pathos, even though most of what we hear about him is secondhand through the recounting of someone who hates him.

There are several impressively strong resonances to the modern world, between the general lack of ethics in tech and the current wave of "AI" hype. And of course big self-centred men who think that extreme success in one sphere gives them licence to …

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¡Qué novela magnífica! Frankenstein es una conmovedora fábula constelada por personajes de las sensibilidades más elevadas en la que se reflexiona sobre la condición humana y el alcance del deber moral con la intensidad emotiva propia del Romanticismo.

Para quien no esté familiarizado, la criatura imaginada por Mary Shelley poco tiene que ver con el monstruo verdoso con la frente alargada que forma parte del imaginario "halloweenesco" contemporáneo. Lo que en esta novela encontramos es lo siguiente: Un protagonista, Viktor Frankenstein, un joven ginebrino movido por una sincera pasión por las ciencias naturales, admirado de la naturaleza y de las leyes que la gobiernan, orgulloso de su propio intelecto pero con una gran inclinación moral hacia la humanidad. Por otro lado, el demonio, la criatura que artificialmente recibió la vida otorgada por Frankenstein, un ser con inteligencia y conciencia humanas pero con cuerpo deforme y sobrehumano, y que, a …

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