Originally published in 1934, Seven Gothic Tales, the first book by "one of the finest and most singular artists of our time" (The Atlantic), is a modern classic. Here are seven exquisite tales combining the keen psychological insight characteristic of the modern short story with the haunting myster
Seven Gothic Tales
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- Book ID
- 107111283
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 351 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780307791801
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โฆ Synopsis
Originally published in 1934, Seven Gothic Tales, the first book by "one of the finest and most singular artists of our time" (The Atlantic), is a modern classic. Here are seven exquisite tales combining the keen psychological insight characteristic of the modern short story with the haunting mystery of the nineteenth-century Gothic tale, in the tradition of writers such as Goethe, Hoffmann, and Poe.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
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