Afhalen na 1 uur in een winkel met voorraad
Gratis thuislevering in België vanaf € 30
Ruim aanbod met 7 miljoen producten

Afhalen na 1 uur in een winkel met voorraad
Gratis thuislevering in België vanaf € 30
Ruim aanbod met 7 miljoen producten

Winkels

Verlanglijstje

Winkels

Verlanglijstje

Zoeken

Volg ons op

140 winkels

Wist je dat er in Vlaanderen voor iedereen een Standaard Boekhandel is binnen een straal van 7 km?

Vind hier een winkel

€ 27,45

+ 54 punten

Uitvoering

Levering 2 à 3 weken

Eenvoudig bestellen

Veilig betalen

Gratis thuislevering vanaf € 30 (via bpost)

Gratis levering in je Standaard Boekhandel

Omschrijving

On a stormy summer in 1816, a group of pioneering writers gathered in a mansion on Lake Geneva and wrote some of English literature's most influential Gothic Horror stories, including Frankenstein and The Vampyre. This is a collection of their work.

A volcanic eruption in Indonesia caused global climatic disruption and 1816 became known as the 'Year Without a Summer'. This uncertain, subliminal time became a pivotal moment in the emergence of modern horror literature. Trapped indoors by weeks of relentless storms, a group of brilliant literary minds, including Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (then Mary Godwin), and John Polidori, were challenged by Lord Byron to each write a tale of the supernatural. The resulting works, produced in a spirit of intellectual rivalry and imaginative experimentation, would exert a lasting influence on Gothic fiction.

This collection features the complete literary output of that legendary gathering at the Villa Diodati:

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

The Vampyre by John Polidori

A Fragment of a Novel by Lord Byron

Fragment of a Ghost Story by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Together, these works mark a decisive moment in literary history that continues to shape critical understandings of horror and the supernatural. This collection is the ideal read for those interested in how a single cultural moment crystallised the modern Gothic genre.