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Four Gothic Novels: The Castle of Otranto; Vathek; The Monk; Frankenstein (World's Classics)

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Four Gothic Novels: The Castle of Otranto; Vathek; The Monk; Frankenstein (World's Classics) (Paperback)

by Horace Walpole (Author), William Beckford (Author), Matthew Lewis (Author), Mary Shelley (Author)

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"A very usable selection of the best examples of the genre."--Waalace Flanders, University of Pittsburgh
"My students are enjoying the 1818 version."--Nancy Noell, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Macabre and melodramatic, set in haunted castles or fantastic landscapes, Gothis tales became fashionable in the late eighteenth century with the publication of Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto (1764). Crammed with catastrophe, terror, and ghostly interventions, the novel was an immediate success, and influenced numberous followers. These include William Beckford's Vathek (1786), which alternates grotesque comedy with scenes of exotic magnificence in the story of the ruthless Caliph Vathek's journey to damnation. The Monk (1796), by Matthew Lewis, is a violent tale of ambition, murder, and incest, set in the sinister monastery of the Capuchins in Madrid. Frankenstein (1818, 1831) is Mary Shelley's disturbing and perennially popular tale of a young student who learns the secret of giving life to a creature made from human relics, with horrific consequences.
This collection illustrates the range and attraction of the gothic novel. Extreme and sensational, each of the four printed here is alos a powerful psychological story of isolation and monomania.

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Product Details

Paperback: 624 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (August 18, 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0192823310
ISBN-13: 978-0192823311
Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 1.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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