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7 de jul. de 1994 · A brilliant, brilliant quartet of early Gothic novels. The Castle of Otranto: 4 stars. I found it comic in places, and rather abundant in euphemisms. Great story though, and the foundation of many subsequent Gothic novels. Vathek: 4 stars. Seemed to be more fantasy-gothic, but very haunting, especially at the end. The Monk: 5 stars.
Unfortunately, true Gothic novels (not simply modern detective stories called "Gothic") are extremely rare books, and have never been as available as they should be.The first member in this collection, Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto, published as a Christmas book for 1764, was the first and one of the greatest members of the genre.
- E. F. Bleiler, Horace Walpole, William Beckford
The list of Gothic NOVELS (rather than stories)in chronological order which make the grade are:Horace Walpole's CASTLE OF OTRANTO (1764), ClaraReeve's THE CHAMPION OF VIRTUE (1777), WilliamBeckford's VATHEK (1786), Ann Radcliffe's THEMYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO (1794), Matthew Gregory Lewis'sTHE MONK (1795), Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN (1818),John Polidori's VAMPYRE (1819), Charles R. Maturin ...
Three Gothic Novels: The Castle of Otranto; Vathek; Frankenstein by Horace Walpole; William Beckford; Mary Shelley - ISBN 10: 0140430369 - ISBN 13: 9780140430363 - Penguin Classics - 1968 - Softcover
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 ...
Walpole's The Castle of Otranto, Beckford's Vathek, and Shelley's Frankenstein. 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 ...
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.
