FRANKENSTEIN: BOOK + K7 - IMPORTADO

In , Mary Shelley tells the story of a scientist´s attempt to create a new noble species, an experiment which instead produces a monster. It is a remarkable that such a young person (she was not yet twenty years old when she completed the book) should have conceived a work that has acquired myth-like status. Not only can Mary Shelley be considered the creator of a new literary genre, science fiction, but her novel has had an immense influence on may subsequent writers, as well as providing the subject for numerous dramatisations, including film and television adaptations. A full biographical and critical introduction (with an exhaustive filmography) and a variety of questions and activities will enable students to make a through analytical study of the book. The next includes numerous footnotes, with phonetic transcriptions of some difficulty words. The book is accompanied by a cassette containing a wide selection o key passages.