The Year Without a Summer

Aislados por el mal tiempo en una villa junto a un lago, un grupo de poetas se reúne a contarse historias de terror junto al fuego. Uno de sus monstruos nos persigue aún.

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+ shores: orillas + would become: se convertiría + horror story: cuento de terror + lover: amante + guests: huéspedes + to affect: afectar + supernatural: sobrenatural + to suggest: sugerir + ghost: de fantasmas + nightmare: pesadilla + to terrify: aterrorizar + mixed: mixtas + out of print: descatalogada + so far: hasta ahora + starred: protagonizar + seal of approval: sello de aprobación + bride: novia + franchise: franquicia + something else: algo más + travels: viajes + to take: tomar

In June 1816, in a holiday villa on the shores + shores: orillas of Lake Geneva, in one of the worst summers in human history, an 18-year-old girl, Mary Godwin, sat down to write what would become + would become: se convertiría the world’s most famous horror story + horror story: cuento de terror . The novel, Frankenstein, would be published 18 months later, in January 1818. Mary Godwin and her lover + lover: amante , the poet Shelley, were staying as guests + guests: huéspedes of the poet Robert Byron. 

Ghost Stories

A volcanic eruption in what is now Indonesia had catastrophically affected + to affect: afectar the world’s weather. The tourists spent their days around the fire in the villa, reading stories of the supernatural + supernatural: sobrenatural . One day, Byron suggested + to suggest: sugerir that each person should write a ghost + ghost: de fantasmas story. For days, Mary tried desperately to think of an idea. Then, on the night of June the 16th, she had a nightmare + nightmare: pesadilla . The next morning, she famously said: “I’ve found it! What will terrify + to terrify: aterrorizar me will terrify others.”

Scientific Experiment

In Godwin’s story, Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist, creates a horrific but intelligent monster from human parts in an unorthodox scientific experiment. The monster escapes and starts to kill the scientist’s friends and relatives. The story ends at the North Pole with the death of Frankenstein and his creation. When the book appeared in January 1818, reviews were mixed + mixed: mixtas , but the public was fascinated. The monster has no name, but the public quickly started to call it by its creator’s name, Frankenstein. The book has never been out of print + out of print: descatalogada in two hundred years, and is now considered a classic of the 19th century. 

A Fictional Icon

Over the years, since its publication, Frankenstein’s protagonist has become part of our global culture. Numerous editions and theatrical representations helped to extend its popularity in the 19th century. But it was the cinema that guaranteed Frankenstein’s place in our collective memory, with more than fifty films so far + so far: hasta ahora based on the story. Boris Karloff from the 1930s will always be the classic screen Frankenstein, but those giants of horror films, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, starred + starred: protagonizar in a number of box office hits15 in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Frankenstein has recently received the Hollywood popular culture seal of approval + seal of approval: sello de aprobación : Javier Bardem will star as the monster in 2019 in Bride + bride: novia of Frankenstein, in the new Universal Studios franchise + franchise: franquicia of gods and monsters, Dark Universe.  

A Villa of Ideas

Something else + something else: algo más was born two hundred years ago in that villa on Lake Geneva. Byron had invited his doctor, John William Polidori, to spend the summer with him. The poet was working on a story that he had heard about during his travels + travels: viajes in the Balkans. Polidori took + to take: tomar the idea and started writing a novel. Three years later, he published his work. It was called The Vampyre.

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