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The Gothic Novel Collection
The Gothic Novel Collection
The Gothic Novel Collection
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The Gothic Novel Collection

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The Gothic Novel Collection brings together 40 of the greatest gothic novels ever written. A must-have for any serious reader of fiction.

The Gothic Novel Collection features:

THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO, by Horace Walpole
THE HISTORY OF CALIPH VATHEK, by William Beckford
THE MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO, by Ann Radcliffe
CALEB WILLIAMS, by William Godwin
WIELAND: OR, THE TRANSFORMATION, by Charles Brockden Brown
NORTHANGER ABBEY, by Jane Austen
Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
MELMOTH THE WANDERER, by Charles Robert Maturin
THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW, by Washington Irving
THE PRIVATE MEMOIRS AND CONFESSIONS OF A JUSTIFIED SINNER, by James Hogg
ST. JOHN’S EVEN, by Nikolai Gogol
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, by Victor Hugo
THE QUEEN OF SPADES, by Alexander Pushkin
BERENICE, by Edgar Allan Poe
YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
THE NOSE, by Nikolai Gogol
OLIVER TWIST, by Charles Dickens
LIGEIA, by Edgar Allan Poe
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER, by Edgar Allan Poe
THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH, by Edgar Allan Poe
THE OVAL PORTRAIT, by Edgar Allan Poe
THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM, by Edgar Allan Poe
THE BLACK CAT, by Edgar Allan Poe
THE TELL-TALE HEART, by Edgar Allan Poe
RAPPACINI’S DAUGHTER, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
THE DOUBLE, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
JANE EYRE, by Charlotte Bronte
WUTHERING HEIGHTS, by Emily Bronte
VARNEY THE VAMPIRE, by James Malcom Rymer
VILLETTE, by Charlotte Bronte
THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
BLEAK HOUSE, by Charles Dickens
GREAT EXPECTATIONS, by Charles Dickens
UNCLE SILAS, by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
DRACULA, by Bram Stoker
THE BEETLE, by Richard Marsh
THE TURN OF THE SCREW, by Henry James
THE REAL THING, by Henry James
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, by Gaston Leroux
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THE OUTSIDER, by H.P. Lovecraft
LanguageEnglish
Release dateMar 1, 2019
ISBN9788832528817
The Gothic Novel Collection
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Gaston Leroux

Gaston Leroux (1868-1927) was a French journalist and writer of detective fiction. Born in Paris, Leroux attended school in Normandy before returning to his home city to complete a degree in law. After squandering his inheritance, he began working as a court reporter and theater critic to avoid bankruptcy. As a journalist, Leroux earned a reputation as a leading international correspondent, particularly for his reporting on the 1905 Russian Revolution. In 1907, Leroux switched careers in order to become a professional fiction writer, focusing predominately on novels that could be turned into film scripts. With such novels as The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1908), Leroux established himself as a leading figure in detective fiction, eventually earning himself the title of Chevalier in the Legion of Honor, France’s highest award for merit. The Phantom of the Opera (1910), his most famous work, has been adapted countless times for theater, television, and film, most notably by Andrew Lloyd Webber in his 1986 musical of the same name.

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