Frankenstein.
Written by Mary Shelley in 1818, uses elements of the Gothic novel and Romantic movement. Frankenstein's chilling tale suggests modern organ transplants, tissue regeneration, that remind readers of the moral issues raised by today's medicine.
The Last Man
It´s the other famous novel of Mary Shelley, being identified as the first work of modern apocalyptic fiction.
The Vampyre.
Written by John William Polidori in 1819. It created the literary vampire genre. Making Varney the Vampire, who has fangs, leaves two puncture wounds on the neck of his victims, has hypnotic powers, superhuman strength, and was also the first example of the “sympathetic vampire”, who loathes his condition but is a slave to it.
Author: Isabel Vivar 3ºB
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