{"product_id":"tales-of-villa-diodati-shelley-etc-paperback","title":"Tales of Villa Diodati (Shelley, etc - paperback)","description":"\u003cp xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Polidori, Lord Byron\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780486851365\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003epaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection: \u003c\/b\u003eWeird Tales \u0026amp; Ghost Stories\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1816, also known as “The Year Without a Summer,” a group of pioneering writers gathered at Villa Diodati in Lake Geneva, Switzerland, and wrote some of the most iconic Gothic horror stories in English literature. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Tales of Villa Diodati\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the result of a legendary ghost story contest between friends confined indoors by unseasonably dismal weather. “We will each write a story,” proposed Lord Byron. The challenge was the genesis of this blood-chilling anthology blending the macabre, supernatural, and romance. Selections include Mary Shelley’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the first true science fiction novel, and John Polidori’s “The Vampyre,” considered one of the earliest examples of the romantic vampire genre. The story was inspired by Lord Byron’s “A Fragment,” which is also included, as is Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “Fragment of a Ghost Story.” These spine-tingling tales have enthralled generations of readers for centuries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Weird\/Ghost","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":47487368364256,"sku":"Books:9780486851365n","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0628\/5911\/6768\/files\/41FP5dksu0L._SY445_SX342_ControlCacheEqualizer.jpg?v=1749680251","url":"https:\/\/theswordandshovel.com\/products\/tales-of-villa-diodati-shelley-etc-paperback","provider":"Sword \u0026 Shovel (403)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}