
Three Gothic Novels
Peter Fairclough(Editor)
Penguin Classics (Publisher)
Published on 30. March 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
512 pages
978-0-14-043036-3 (ISBN)
Description
The Gothic novel, which flourished from about 1765 until 1825, revels in the horrible and the supernatural, in suspense and exotic settings.
This volume, with its erudite introduction by Mario Praz, presents three of the most celebrated Gothic novels: The Castle of Otranto, published pseudonymously in 1765, is one of the first of the genre and the most truly Gothic of the three. Vathek (1786), an oriental tale by an eccentric millionaire, exotically combines Gothic romanticism with the vivacity of The Arabian Nights and is a narrative tour de force. The story of Frankenstein (1818) and the monster he created is as spine-chilling today as it ever was; as in all Gothic novels, horror is the keynote.
This volume, with its erudite introduction by Mario Praz, presents three of the most celebrated Gothic novels: The Castle of Otranto, published pseudonymously in 1765, is one of the first of the genre and the most truly Gothic of the three. Vathek (1786), an oriental tale by an eccentric millionaire, exotically combines Gothic romanticism with the vivacity of The Arabian Nights and is a narrative tour de force. The story of Frankenstein (1818) and the monster he created is as spine-chilling today as it ever was; as in all Gothic novels, horror is the keynote.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Books Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 199 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
351 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-043036-3 (9780140430363)
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Horace Walpole | Mary Shelley | William Beckford
Three Gothic Novels
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Horace Walpole; William Beckford; Mary Shelley;
Ed. Peter Fairclough, Intro. Mario Praz
Ed. Peter Fairclough, Intro. Mario Praz