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Four Gothic Novels: The Castle of Otranto; Vathek; The Monk; Frankenstein

Name: Four Gothic Novels: The Castle of Otranto; Vathek; The Monk; Frankenstein
Brand: Oxford University Press
SKU: 9780192823311
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Contributors:

Horace Walpole, William Beckford, Matthew Lewis

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

Fiction

Book Subcategory:

Horror, Gothic, Literary

Series:

Oxford World's Classics (Paperback)

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Release Date:

1994-08-18

ISBN 13:

9780192823311

Weight:

0.91 lbs

Size:

7.76 x 5.13 x 1.32 inches

Pages:

624

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Macabre and melodramatic, set in haunted castles or fantastic landscapes, Gothic 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.

Four Gothic Novels: The Castle of Otranto; Vathek; The Monk; Frankenstein

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