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Description: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 atmosphere at the Villa was charged by the violent streaks of lightening that licked at the mountain tops and split a black sky. 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, Dr John Polidori, Percy Shelley and Claire Clairmont, whipped themselves into a gothic frenzy with recitals of haunting poetry and ghost stories. The stories that they read came from a book, originally written in German, that had recently been translated into French. The book that they read from was called Fantasmagoriana. Fantasmagoriana has a unique place in literary history. This is the first full translation of the stories that inspired Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Dr John Polidori's The Vampyre.13 • The Spectre Barber • novella by Johann Karl August Musäus (trans. of Stumme Liebe 1782) [as by J. Masaus]37 • The Family Portraits • novelette by A. Apel (trans. of Die Bilder der Ahnen 1805)63 • The Fated Hour • novelette by F. Laun (trans. of Die Verwandtschaft mit der Geisterwelt 1810)77 • The Death Head • novelette by F. Laun (trans. of Der Todtenkopf 1811)89 • The Death-Bride • novella by F. Laun (trans. of Die Todtenbraut 1811)113 • The Ghost of the Departed • short fiction by F. Laun (trans. of Der Geist des Verstorbenen 1810)127 • The Grey Room • short fiction by H. Clauren (trans. of Die Graue Stube 1810) [as by H. C.]137 • The Black Chamber • short story by A. Apel (trans. of Die schwarze Kammer: Anekdote 1811)145 • Searching for the Muse • essay by A. J. Day [as by A. Day]We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Fantasmagoriana: Tales of The Dead. To get started finding Fantasmagoriana: Tales of The Dead, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: 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 atmosphere at the Villa was charged by the violent streaks of lightening that licked at the mountain tops and split a black sky. 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, Dr John Polidori, Percy Shelley and Claire Clairmont, whipped themselves into a gothic frenzy with recitals of haunting poetry and ghost stories. The stories that they read came from a book, originally written in German, that had recently been translated into French. The book that they read from was called Fantasmagoriana. Fantasmagoriana has a unique place in literary history. This is the first full translation of the stories that inspired Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Dr John Polidori's The Vampyre.13 • The Spectre Barber • novella by Johann Karl August Musäus (trans. of Stumme Liebe 1782) [as by J. Masaus]37 • The Family Portraits • novelette by A. Apel (trans. of Die Bilder der Ahnen 1805)63 • The Fated Hour • novelette by F. Laun (trans. of Die Verwandtschaft mit der Geisterwelt 1810)77 • The Death Head • novelette by F. Laun (trans. of Der Todtenkopf 1811)89 • The Death-Bride • novella by F. Laun (trans. of Die Todtenbraut 1811)113 • The Ghost of the Departed • short fiction by F. Laun (trans. of Der Geist des Verstorbenen 1810)127 • The Grey Room • short fiction by H. Clauren (trans. of Die Graue Stube 1810) [as by H. C.]137 • The Black Chamber • short story by A. Apel (trans. of Die schwarze Kammer: Anekdote 1811)145 • Searching for the Muse • essay by A. J. Day [as by A. Day]We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Fantasmagoriana: Tales of The Dead. To get started finding Fantasmagoriana: Tales of The Dead, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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