{"product_id":"four-gothic-novels-the-castle-of-otranto-vathek-the-monk-frankenstein-9780192823311","title":"Four Gothic Novels: The Castle of Otranto; Vathek; The Monk; Frankenstein","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Horace Walpole\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Horror - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMacabre 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 \u003cem\u003eThe Castle of Otranto \u003c\/em\u003e(1764). Crammed with catastrophe, terror, and ghostly interventions, the novel was an immediate success, and influenced numberous followers. These include William Beckford's \u003cem\u003eVathek\u003c\/em\u003e (1786), which alternates grotesque comedy with scenes of exotic magnificence in the story of the ruthless Caliph Vathek's journey to damnation. \u003cem\u003eThe Monk\u003c\/em\u003e (1796), by Matthew Lewis, is a violent tale of ambition, murder, and incest, set in the sinister monastery of the Capuchins in Madrid. \u003cem\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/em\u003e (1818, 1831) is Mary Shelley's disturbing and perennially popular tale of a young student who learns the secret of giving life to a creature made from human relics, with horrific consequences.\u003cbr\u003e This collection illustrates the range and attraction of the gothic novel. Extreme and sensational, each of the four printed here is alos a powerful psychological story of isolation and monomania.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45029921685655,"sku":"9780192823311","price":996.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780192823311.webp?v=1769204839","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/four-gothic-novels-the-castle-of-otranto-vathek-the-monk-frankenstein-9780192823311","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}