Three Gothic Novels (Paperback, New Impression)

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 the monster he created is as spine-chilling today as it ever was; as in all Gothic novels, horror is the keynote.

General

Imprint:	Penguin Classics
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2006
First published:	December 1968
Authors:	Horace Walpole • Mary Shelley • William Beckford
Editors:	Peter Fairclough
Introduction by:	Mario Praz
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	512
Edition:	New Impression
ISBN-13:	978-0-14-043036-3
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > General Books > Fiction > Special features > Classic fiction
LSN:	0-14-043036-9
Barcode:	9780140430363

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