Three Gothic Novels: The Castle of Otranto; Vathek; Frankenstein (Penguin Classics) - Walpole, Horace; Beckford, William; Shelley, Mary

Clean, tight, unmarked; light crease to lower back inside corner; otherwise spine straight and uncreased; appears unread; This volume 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; in its blending of two kinds of romanticism, ancient and modern, it is a precursor of Romanticism. 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.
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Soft cover
Penguin Classics
Markham, ON