The Castle of Wolfenbach [Paperback]

Eliza Parsons (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2003

In her novel NORTHANGER ABBEY, Jane Austen mentions several Gothic novels by name. By the time the book saw print, these lesser works were already deservedly obscure (as, indeed, almost all disposable popular fiction soon becomes). For years they were assumed to be not simply fiction, but figments from a novel; but enterprising scholars managed to unearth copies of the original "shilling shockers." Eliza Parsons was a prolific and popluar writer at the end of the eighteenth century. Her works are generally forgotten, now, but two of them -- including THE CASTLE OF WOLFENBACH -- were immortalized in that list of seven "Horrid Novels" Jane Austen slipped into NORTHANGER ABBEY.

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About the Author

Authoress of nineteen novels in multivolume, Parsons generally wrote popular fiction. Her works played an important role in the development of the genre of gothic novel. Besides this work, she also translated works of other authors. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Wildside Press (September 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592243444
• ISBN-13: 978-1592243440
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,282,539 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)