Name: One Stormy Night: A Story Challenge That Created the Gothic Horror Genre Frankenstein, or a Modern Prometheus the Vampyre Fragment of a Novel (Wordfire Classics) (in English)
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Author: Mary Shelley
ISBN: 9781680572056

portada One Stormy Night: A Story Challenge That Created the Gothic Horror Genre Frankenstein, or a Modern Prometheus the Vampyre Fragment of a Novel (Wordfire Classics) (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Author

John William Polidori

Mary Shelley

George Gordon Byron

Publisher

Wordfire Press

Year

2021

Language

English

Pages

304

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

21.6 x 14.0 x 2.1 cm

Weight

0.52 kg.

ISBN13

9781680572056

Synopsis "One Stormy Night: A Story Challenge That Created the Gothic Horror Genre Frankenstein, or a Modern Prometheus the Vampyre Fragment of a Novel (Wordfire Classics) (in English)"

What happens when writers vacation together ...And challenge each other to write ghost stories?On a stormy night in 1816, the writers Mary Shelley, John William Polidori, and Lord Byron undertook a challenge that would change history and create the gothic genre.The result is three chilling tales of monsters, vampires, and murder.Lord Byron's A Fragment is of historical importance as it is one of the very first vampire stories. Does it stand the test of time?The Vampyre, by John Polidori, recounts the story of Aubrey and Lord Ruthven. What dark secret lies between them?In Frankenstein, a university student unleashes a monster upon the world. Or is he the real monster?If you love gothic horror, you'll love One Stormy Night.Get it now.

Mary Shelley

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Mary Shelley (1797-1851) fue una escritora, dramaturga, ensayista y biógrafa británica. Es una de las escritoras más importantes e influyentes de las letras británicas del siglo XIX. Su poderosa imaginación y su inagotable sed de concimiento le llevaron a concebir Frankenstein, una de las novelas más leídas y estudiadas desde su publicación. Además escribió otras novelas, como El último hombre o Perkin Warbeck, y un buen número de relatos.

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