Three Gothic Novels: The Castle of Otranto; Vathek; Frankenstein - Brossura

Walpole, Horace; Beckford, William; Shelley, Mary

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ISBN 10: 0140430369 ISBN 13: 9780140430363

Casa editrice: Penguin Classics, 1968

Riassunto

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.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Horace Walpole; William Beckford; Mary Shelley;

Ed. Peter Fairclough, Intro. Mario Praz

Product Description:

505p paperback, light crease to cover, a clean and useful copy

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Penguin Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 1968
• ISBN 10: 0140430369
• ISBN 13: 9780140430363
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 512
• Redattore: Fairclough Peter