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This volume contains five stories - some short, some long. Each that builds upon the heritage of the other. It starts with The Castle of Ontarato (1764) by Horace Walpole which is considered the first, &quote;Gothic Novel&quote;; Vathek, An Arabian Tale (1782) by William Beckford, was influenced by Walpole and Arabian Nights; The Last Man (1826) by Mary Shelley carries on the theme of the previous works, but could be viewed as one of the first science fiction post-apocalyptic novels; The Masque of the Red Death (1842) by Edgar Allen Poe also focuses on apocalyptic forces and society's efforts…mehr

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This volume contains five stories - some short, some long. Each that builds upon the heritage of the other. It starts with The Castle of Ontarato (1764) by Horace Walpole which is considered the first, "e;Gothic Novel"e;; Vathek, An Arabian Tale (1782) by William Beckford, was influenced by Walpole and Arabian Nights; The Last Man (1826) by Mary Shelley carries on the theme of the previous works, but could be viewed as one of the first science fiction post-apocalyptic novels; The Masque of the Red Death (1842) by Edgar Allen Poe also focuses on apocalyptic forces and society's efforts (or lack thereof) to deal with it. Finally, The Scarlet Plague (1912) by Jack London describes a world-wide pandemic that humanity cannot control. Even the cover illustration, The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters, by Goya is influenced by the Gothic art and forms a sort of double-entendre of monsters made in our mind and by doing nothing.

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Mary Shelley, foi uma romancista britânica, contista, dramaturga, ensaísta, biógrafa, escritora de viagens e editora das obras d seu marido, o poeta romântico e filósofo Percy Bysshe Shelley. Era filha do filósofo político Willian Godwin e da escritora, filósofa e feminista Mary Wollstonecraft. Nasceu e morreu em Londres (1797 - 1851). Incentivada pelo pai, começou a escrever ainda criança e produziu o best-seller Frankenstein aos dezenove anos. Pioneira do gênero que mistura ficção científica e terror, Mary Shelley teve uma vida pessoal conturbada. Aos quatorze anos iniciou um relacionamento com um homem famoso e casado, com quem se casou após o suicídio da esposa dele, em 1816. Teve cinco filhos, mas apenas o último sobreviveu. Seu marido se afogou em um naufrágio em 1822. Mary Shelley morreu aos 53 anos, devido a um tumor cerebral.