{"product_id":"georgian-gothic-short-stories-various-9781447406884","title":"Georgian Gothic - Short Stories from the Writers of the Finest Gothic and Ghostly Horror (Fantasy and Horror Classics)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBefore the Victorians, there was the Age of Terror.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis definitive volume transports you back to the Georgian era (roughly 1714-1830s), the high water mark of the original Gothic tradition, where aristocracy, ancient curses, and supernatural decadence collided. 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Shelley explores body horror, identity swap, and the grim possibilities of science and the uncanny, reflecting the morbidly inventive spirit of the Romantic age.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Vampyre\u003c\/em\u003e by John Polidori: \u003c\/strong\u003e The foundational text that birthed the modern aristocratic vampire, influencing Stoker and virtually all subsequent vampire fiction. 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