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Read [A. J. Day Book] * Fantasmagoriana (Tales Of The Dead) Online * PDF eBook or Kindle ePUB free. Fantasmagoriana (Tales Of The Dead) C. Vorwerk said A classic of literary ghost stories. This is a great book that answers lots of questions surrounding the mysterious 'party' where Mary Shelley got her idea to write Frankenstein. I had heard , and read, so much about the famous ghostly gathering at the Villa Diodati but couldn't lay my hands on a copy of the 'Fantasmagoriana' that everyone mentioned (though no-one I spoke to had ever actually seen a copy).The book has all of the stories that Lord Byron and Mry Shelley read. Some
| Title | : | Fantasmagoriana (Tales Of The Dead) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.84 (603 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1411652916 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 156 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-16 |
| Language | : | English |
C. Vorwerk said A classic of literary ghost stories. This is a great book that answers lots of questions surrounding the mysterious 'party' where Mary Shelley got her idea to write Frankenstein. I had heard , and read, so much about the famous ghostly gathering at the Villa Diodati but couldn't lay my hands on a copy of the 'Fantasmagoriana' that everyone mentioned (though no-one I spoke to had ever actually seen a copy).The book has all of the stories that Lord Byron and Mry Shelley read. Some of them are quite creepy if you read them late at night. I particularly liked 'The Family Portraits' and 'The Gey Room' which was both creepy and kind of funny. "Excellent Fairy Tales" according to A Customer. These are the German stories that were translated into French, read by Mary Shelley, Percy Shelley, Lord Byron, and John Polidori that fateful night in 1816 at the Villa Diodati on Lake Leman that resulted in the writing of FRANKENSTEIN and "The Vampyre."The stories were translated into English in 1812 by Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth as "Tales of the Dead," but the selection of stories was not the same. The type of story, Kunstmarchen, or folk tales, were often adapted into novels or short stories (See novels like THE MONK, THE MIDNIGHT BELL, and THE NECROMANCER, all of which will be available from Valancou. "Rather in the style of E.T.A Hoffman" according to nowyat. If you love 19th centuryEuropean horror/ghost stories you will like this. The new new translation is quite good. Take it as it is meant, forget the whole Byron incident. It's a good book for anyone who likes ghostly barbers, haunted portraits and rich landowners who INSIST on tearing down that old family tower despite a family curse on anyone who does soIf you enjoy these stories check out the gothic novels now being published by Valencourt Books. Here is one for example Mystery of the Black Tower (Gothic Classics) (Paperback)by John Palmer (Author),
Fantasmagoriana has a unique place in literary history. The stories that they read came from a book, originally written in German, that had recently been translated into French. It was on a 'dark and stormy night', during the summer of 1816 that an eccentic group of English literati gathered at the Villa Diodati. The book that they read from was called Fantasmagoriana. This is the first full translation of the stories that inspired Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Dr John Polidori's The Vampyre.. As the wind outside whipped up the surface of lake Leman into a cauldron of waves the occupants of the Villa; Lord Byron, Mary Shelley,
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