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Three Gothic Novels: The Castle of Otranto; Vathek; Frankenstein (English Library) by Peter Fairclough, Mario Praz, Horace Walpole, William Beckford, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, edited by Peter Fairclough, with an introductory essay by Mario Praz, Horace Walpole, William Beckford, Mary Shelley is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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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. @NotoriousDOC Just did a bit-torrent-style grave robbery. My new ‘man’ will be an artful collage. Also, good conversation starter. It’s alive! I’d better beat it over the head repeatedly with a fire extinguisher. So sometimes you build something, and it gets away. They’re gonna can me at the university if they find out about this. From Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less The Gothic novel, which flourished from about 1765 until 1825, revels in the horrible and

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Author
Peter Fairclough, Mario Praz, Horace Walpole, William Beckford, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, edited by Peter Fairclough, with an introductory essay by Mario Praz, Horace Walpole, William Beckford, Mary Shelley
Publisher
Penguin Books, Penguin Books
Published
1978
Language
EN
ISBN
9780140430363
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Fiction, Horror
Rating
3.65 / 5 (257 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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