Three Gothic Novels

Three Gothic NovelsBy: Horace Walpole, William Beckford, Mary Shelley 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 Otranto, published pseudonymously in 1765, is one of the

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作者: 黛伯拉．艾里斯 | 原文作者: Deborah Ellis | 繪者: 吳羚溦 | 譯者: 鄒嘉容 | 適讀年齡: 10-12 | 繁體中文 | 224 頁 | 精裝軟皮 | 14

Susan's plane crashes   and only she survives

Monica McInerney becomes more skilled at juggling plot complexities and giving depth to her characters

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Percy Jackson has a lot on his plate

But when Marco discovers a skeleton buried in the basement of his bar

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Whimsical cartoon cheerleaders add to the fun