Three Gothic Novels: The Castle of Otranto, Vathek, The Vampyre, and a Fragment of a Novel by William Beckford, Horace Walpole, E.F. Bleiler, John William Polidori, Lord Byron

Three Gothic Novels: The Castle of Otranto, Vathek, The Vampyre, and a Fragment of a Novel

William Beckford, Horace Walpole, E.F. Bleiler, John William Polidori, Lord Byron

291 pages first pub 1966 (editions)

fiction classics horror dark slow-paced
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One of the most interesting phenomena in the history of literature, the Gothic novel — which flourished from about 1765 to 1825 — still has much to offer to the modern reader. Supernatural thrills, adventure and suspense, colorful settings, and, i...

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