The Original Gothic-Horror Literary Classic

Mary Shelley's deceptively simple story of Victor Frankenstein and the creature he brings to life, first published in 1818, is now more widely read-and more widely discussed by scholars-than any other work of the Romantic period. From the creature's creation to his wild lament over the dead body of his creator in the Arctic wastes, the story retains its narrative hold on the reader even as it spins off ideas in rich profusion.

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Mary Shelley (30 August 1797 - 1 February 1851) was a British novelist, short story writer,...

This is the second of three books containing the complete fiction collection of the great HP Lovecraft, the master of horror. The serie will contain 83 fiction stories (including some rare juvenile stories), one sonnet and two essays.

This is the second of three books containing the complete fiction collection of the great HP Lovecraft, the master of horror. The serie contains 83 fiction stories (including some rare juvenile stories), one sonnet and two essays.

Spawned from the classical horror-hunt of Inspector Legrasse, these seven tales detail the epic confrontation of an unsuspecting mankind with the unimaginable horrors of the Cthulhu Mythos.

This volume presents H. P. Lovecraft's letters to three individuals-J. Vernon Shea, Carl Ferdinand Strauch, and Lee McBride White-who were not exclusively interested in weird fiction nor were involved in the realms of amateur journalism or fantasy fandom. Although Shea did come into contact with Lovecraft through Weird Tales, his interests, even as a young man, were far wider-current politics, general literature, film, and socio-cultural trends. As such, Lovecraft's letters to him broach broad topics relating to aesthetics, philosophy, politics, and general culture. In one letter Lovecraft...