About this title: 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 ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 1968
ISBN-13:9780140430363ISBN:0140430369
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Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 2006
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Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1974
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Publisher: Penguin
Date Published: 1972
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Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 1968
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Publisher: Viking Pr
Date Published: 1968-12-01
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 1968-12-30
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Publisher: Penguin
Date Published: 1973
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780140430363ISBN:0140430369
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 512 pages. (512 pages) the gothic novel, which flourished from about 1765 until 1825, revels in the horrible and the supernatural, in suspense and exotic settings. this volume presents three of the most celebrated gothic novels: "the castle of otranto", published pseudonymously in 1765; "vathek" (1786); and the story of "frankenstein" (1818). authors walpole, horace shelley, mary wollstonecraft beckford, william editor: fairclough, peter edition new impression (Paperback) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin
Date Published: 30/03/2006
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin
Date Published: 30/03/2006
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin
Date Published: 30/03/2006
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"I've finished The Castle of Otranto, which achieves two things: firstly, I've wanted to read a Gothic novel for a while, to see what got Austen so het up about them, and, secondly, it's one of the books on the Guardian newspaper's must-read SFF. As to why it's on that list...well, it's a 'classic', apparently.
If anything I think Austen was way too kind.
It isn't really a 'gave up' cos I only wanted to read Otranto, but there's nowhere else to put it really.
"Another book from the gothic novel strand at university. Of the three, Frankenstein is, I would guess, by far the best known, and is slightly different to the usual damsel in distress in dark castle with weird stuff going on idea of some gothic stories. I enjoyed it, although I have to confess to feeling sorry for the monster by the end. Castle of Otranto is a more standard gothic offering."
"For me Frankenstein was painful. Mostly because I felt like Dr. Frankensein was crazy for even wanting to make the monster in the first place. I also had a hard time with the romantic writing, perhaps this is something that I could appreciate better now but I failed to see why we needed the description of the beautiful mountains just as the monster was getting angry and about to do something interesting."
"For class, we only read Vathek, but I have read Frankenstein several other times already. I'll have to go back and read The Castle of Otranto when I have a chance. As for Vathek, it's a pretty good story, if you can get through the antiquated style."
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