The Castle of Otranto - Horace Walpole The History of Caliph Vathek - William Beckford The Mysteries of Udolpho - Ann Radcliffe Caleb Williams - William Godwin Wieland: or, The Transformation - Charles Brockden Brown Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen Frankenstein - Mary Shelley Melmoth the Wanderer (Lock and Key Version) - Charles Robert Maturin The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Washington Irving The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner - James Hogg St. John's Eve - Nikolai Gogol...

The narrative is framed as a series of interconnected tales that span across different time periods and locations. The story begins in the 17th century with the protagonist, John Melmoth, discovering a forbidden document that reveals the tragic story of his ancestor, the original Melmoth.As the narrative unfolds, the reader is introduced to various characters who encounter Melmoth throughout history. Each encounter reveals Melmoth's relentless pursuit of souls and his attempts to tempt ind...

The Hugo Award–winning author of Spin, praised as "a hell of a storyteller" by Stephen King, gives time travel his own mind-bending twist . . .Two events made September 1st a memorable day for Jesse Cullum. First, he lost a pair of Oakley sunglasses. Second, he saved the life of President Ulysses S. Grant.In the near future of Robert Charles Wilson's Last Year, the technology exists to open doorways into the past—but not our past, n...

Although humankind today can peer far deeper into the universe than ever before, we still find ourselves surrounded by the unknown and perhaps the unknowable. All great science fiction has used the human imagination to explore that realm beyond the known, just as theistic religions have done since long before the genre existed. As Hugo Award-winning author Robert Charles Wilson argues in Owning the Unknown, the genre’s freewheeling speculation and systematic world-building make it it a uni...

MARK WELL, O my Son, and give heed unto this my counsel and advice, O thou who hast for the first time this day beheld the Mysteries of the Redde Rose whereon sparklethRos. the Dew, and of the Golden Cross from which cometh the Light of the World. Is not this Symbol to be found upon the breast of all true Brethren of the Rosie Cross? Hold fast to this Jewel and treasure it as thy Life itself, for many and great are its virtues, and of these will I now discourse unto you in part. Know then,...

The Castle of Otranto - Horace Walpole The History of Caliph Vathek - William Beckford The Mysteries of Udolpho - Ann Radcliffe Caleb Williams - William Godwin Wieland: or, The Transformation - Charles Brockden Brown Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen Frankenstein - Mary Shelley Melmoth the Wanderer (Lock and Key Version) - Charles Robert Maturin The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Washington Irving The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner - James Hogg St. John's Eve - Nikolai Gogol...

Melmoth the Wanderer is a Gothic novel that tells the tale of Melmoth, a man who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for 150 extra years of life. Over the course of the novel, Melmoth travels across Europe, seeking someone who is willing to take over his pact with the devil, but he is continually thwarted in his efforts.The narrative is structured as a series of stories within stories, with each one revealing more about Melmoth's tragic existence and the impact of his Faustian bargain....

Melmoth the Wanderer is a Gothic novel that tells the tale of Melmoth, a man who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for 150 extra years of life. Over the course of the novel, Melmoth travels across Europe, seeking someone who is willing to take over his pact with the devil, but he is continually thwarted in his efforts.The narrative is structured as a series of stories within stories, with each one revealing more about Melmoth's tragic existence and the impact of his Faustian bargain....

Melmoth the Wanderer is a Gothic novel that tells the tale of Melmoth, a man who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for 150 extra years of life. Over the course of the novel, Melmoth travels across Europe, seeking someone who is willing to take over his pact with the devil, but he is continually thwarted in his efforts.The narrative is structured as a series of stories within stories, with each one revealing more about Melmoth's tragic existence and the impact of his Faustian bargain....

From Robert Charles Wilson, the Hugo Award–winning author of Spin and "one hell of a storyteller," A Bridge of Years is a classic science fiction story of time-travel and human transformation (Stephen King).Tom Winter thought the secluded cottage in the Pacific Northwest would be the perfect refuge—a place to nurse the wounds of lost love and happiness. But Tom soon discovers ...

On the Origin of Species (1859) is legendary naturalist Charles Darwin's groundbreaking and foundational study that birthed the theory of evolutionary biology.Sparking controversy from the time of its publication to the present day, Darwin’s theory of natural selection, where upon individuals of the same species have a more robust chance of survival thanks to their unique combination of physical characteristics, completely changed how the world viewed huma...

The Gothic novel of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries often feature charismatic villains and brooding Byronic heroes. Melmoth, the mysterious title character, is both of these in this, Maturin's best-known work and one of the last of the classic Gothic novels.Melmoth the Wanderer is a slow-burning supernatural story of suspense and horror that follows the menacing, ageless Wanderer through a complex web of nested stories within stories, told by his would-be victims and ...