Frankenstein

Mary Shelley empezó a gestar esta novela en el verano de 1816, un verano lluvioso y sin apenas sol. Tal vez estas circunstancias extraordinarias propiciaran este relato de terror, en el que no solo se cuenta la historia del joven científico Victor Frankenstein y su "demoníaca criatura", sino que se abordan temas fundamentales de la naturaleza humana plenamente vigentes en la sociedad actual. De acuerdo con las características generales de la colección Clásicos a Medida, el texto que presentamos a continuación es una adaptación dirigida a los jóvenes lectores que se ha realizado a...

Humans convicted of a dark prophecy that transforms them, without knowing, into slaves of a terrifying existence. The human species is convicted. Those who are seduced by the lower instincts will become slaves of a demonic creature that will feed on their emotions, and over time, will turn them into simple empty wrappers. However, followers of the Light will face them without hesitation. The battle is the point in which the story begins. Nephilin is not only a story of terror and suspense; it is, above all, a prophecy hidden in the plot, people, feelings and emotions that the reader will have ...

Even a lone wolf wants to belong... Fourteen-year-old Linda lives with her parents in an ex-commune beside a lake in the beautiful, austere backwoods of northern Minnesota. The other girls at school call Linda 'Freak', or 'Commie'. Her parents mostly leave her to her own devices, whilst the other inhabitants have grown up and moved on. So when the perfect family - mother, father and their little boy, Paul - move into the cabin across the lake, Linda insinuates her way into the family's orbit. She begins to babysit Paul and feels welcomes, that she finally has a place to belong. Yet something...

For the first time ever, a very special edition of the forerunner to The Lord of the Rings, illustrated throughout in colour by J.R.R. Tolkien himself and with the complete text.

William Carlos Williams (Rutherford, New Jersey, 1883-1963), a pesar de ser ginecólogo y pediatra con numerosa clientela, fue un poeta de vocación infatigable, sin dejar nunca de participar en tertulias literarias en el ambiente artístico del Greenwich Village durante la Primera Guerra Mundial. Mantuvo también estrecha relación con los artistas expatriados de la llamada Generación Perdida y con escritores franceses como Valéry Larbaud y Philippe Soupault. Escribió también novela, teatro y ensayo, y tras retirarse como medico se dedicó por entero a la literatura, dando conferencias y ...