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"A very usable selection of the best examples of the genre."--Waalace Flanders, University of Pittsburgh
"My students are enjoying the 1818 version."--Nancy Noell, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
"My students are enjoying the 1818 version."--Nancy Noell, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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Macabre and melodramtic, 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 numerous followers. These include William Beckford's Vathek (1786), which alternates grotesque comedy with scenes of exotic magnificence in the story of the ruthless Caliph Vathek's journey to damation. The Monk (1796), by Matthew Lewis, is a violent tale of ambition, murder, and incest, set in the sinister monastery of the Capuchins in Madrid. Frankenstein (1818, 1831) is Mary Shelley's disturbing and perennially popular tale of young student who learns the secret of giving life to a creature made from human relics, with horrific consequences. This collection illustrates the range and the attraction of the Gothic novel. Extreme and sensational, each of the four printed here is also a powerful psychological story of isolation and monomania.
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A good selection,
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This review is from: Four Gothic Novels: The Castle of Otranto; Vathek; The Monk; Frankenstein (World's Classics) (Paperback)
C18th Gothic novels are always worth a read for anyone interested in the macabre, the fantastic, or the downright gruesome, and this selection makes excellent reading. Having said that, if you're looking for a good critical edition this isn't the book for you - the critical apparatus is pretty minimal. There are better editions of Frankenstein out there, of course, but even if you already have one, this is worth it for the other three novels it contains.
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From the Sublime to the Ridiculous,
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This review is from: Four Gothic Novels: The Castle of Otranto; Vathek; The Monk; Frankenstein (World's Classics) (Paperback)
The four stories contained in this volume are essential reading for students of 'The Gothic' and for anyone who wants a broad overview of archetypal Gothic texts from the genre's early days (Vathek) to it's zenith with the classic 'Frankenstein'.
The book is naturally weighty - Matthew Lewis' 'The Monk' takes up nearly half of it - and needs perservering with; Mary Shelley's seminal tale of man playing God is probably the most accessible, while 'The Castle of Otranto' seemed to me to be the hardest work. Great price; the stories are each available separately on here for as much as this omnibus.
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An introduction to gothic literature,
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This review is from: Four Gothic Novels: The Castle of Otranto; Vathek; The Monk; Frankenstein (World's Classics) (Paperback)
This book is an excellent collection of the beginnigs of gothic literature, and it's good value! I was thrilled at finding this four-in-one book while originally searching for The Monk - as our reading circle is going through the very beginnings of gothic literature and this one had all the four basic novels. For a reader of modern literature, these novels present a different world, with "old-school" language and plenty of emotions, combined with the presence of ghosts, monsters and whichcraft.
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