Please note: In order to keep Hive up to date and provide users with the best features, we are no longer able to fully support Internet Explorer. The site is still available to you, however some sections of the site may appear broken. We would encourage you to move to a more modern browser like Firefox, Edge or Chrome in order to experience the site fully.

Supporting your high street Find out how »
Four Gothic Novels : The Castle of Otranto; Vathek; The Monk; Frankenstein, Paperback / softback Book

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

Paperback / softback

Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours

Description

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.

Information

Save 3%

£10.99

£10.65

Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
Add to Basket
Sign in to add to wishlist
 
Free Home Delivery

on all orders

 
Pick up orders

from local bookshops

Information