Four Gothic Novels: The Castle of Otranto; Vathek; The Monk; Frankenstein

by Matthew Gregory Lewis, William Beckford, Horace Walpole, et al.

Macabre and melodramatic, set in haunted castles or fantastic landscapes, Gothic tales became fashionable in the late eighteenth century with the publication of Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto (1764). Crammed with catastrophe, terror, and ghostly interventions, the novel was an immediate success, and influenced numberous followers. These include William Beckford's Vathek (1786), which alternates grotesque comedy with scenes of exotic magnificence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B003YK9KPO
• ISBN13: 9780192823311
• Release Date: August 1994
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.1" x 7.8"