Idle Spider Books: 2 books
by Ann Radcliffe
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2013
Ann Radcliffe (1764-1823), called "the first poetess of romantic fiction" by Sir Walter Scott, was the most popular and well-paid novelist of her time. Her work influenced an entire generation of writers as well as refining the Gothic genre itself.
This ebook contains the "interspersed ......
by Horace Walpole, Clara Reeve
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2013
Widely acknowledged as the first Gothic novel, The Castle of Otranto is a tale of greed, lust, terror, and retribution. After her fiancé is mysteriously slain just before they are to be married, Isabella must ward off the attentions of Manfred, her fiancé’s father, who schemes to marry her despite...