Young Alphonsus Cohenburg enters his mother's bedroom and finds
her covered in blood. She tells him his uncle has murdered his
father, and orders him to flee Cohenburg castle forever to save his
own life
A disconsolate exile, Alphonsus wanders the earth seeking the
means of survival, first as a soldier, then a miner, and finally as
sacristan of a church, where he meets the beautiful Lauretta. They
wed and establish a home together, and everything seems to promise
them a happy future. But their domestic tranquillity is shattered,
when a band of ruffians kidnaps the unfortunate Lauretta Alphonsus
must solve the mystery of Lauretta's disappearance and the riddle
of his mother's strange conduct. And when he hears that ghosts
inhabit Cohenburg castle, tolling the great bell each night at
midnight, the mystery only deepens....
One of the greatest of all Gothic novels, "The Midnight Bell"
(1798) features a blend of fast-paced action and spine-tingling
suspence, pervaded throughout by a tone of profound melancholy.
This edition, the first in forty years, features a new introduction
by David Punter, one of the world's foremost experts on Gothic
literature.
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