Harrison R. Steeves
Author of Three eighteenth century romances: The castle of Otranto; Vathek; The romance of the forest
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Works by Harrison R. Steeves
Three eighteenth century romances: The castle of Otranto; Vathek; The romance of the forest (1971) — Editor — 46 copies, 2 reviews
Terrestrials: A Modern Approach to Fishing and Tying with Synthetic and Natural Materials (1994) 15 copies
Learned societies and English literary scholarship: In Great Britain and the United States (1970) 2 copies
Plays from the modern theater 2 copies
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Three Eighteenth Century Romances: the Castle of Otranto; Vathek; the Romance of the Forest by Harrison R. Steeves
THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO:
To borrow Virginia Woolf's comment on James Joyce, "What tosh." But entertaining tosh. If you're in the mood for something completely preposterous but short (only 123 pages) with great pacing, here's your gothic. I can see why it made such a splash back in the day - it's quite thrilling with a solid villain, proposals of infamous misconduct (marital, sexual), secret identities, prophecies, groaning portraits, secret passages and more . Wait for a dark and stormy night, show more then read it in bed by candlelight while wearing a frilly white nightgown (optional for males). Extra points if you have flowing wavy locks and a rosebud mouth. show less
To borrow Virginia Woolf's comment on James Joyce, "What tosh." But entertaining tosh. If you're in the mood for something completely preposterous but short (only 123 pages) with great pacing, here's your gothic. I can see why it made such a splash back in the day - it's quite thrilling with a solid villain, proposals of infamous misconduct (marital, sexual), secret identities, prophecies, groaning portraits, secret passages and more . Wait for a dark and stormy night, show more then read it in bed by candlelight while wearing a frilly white nightgown (optional for males). Extra points if you have flowing wavy locks and a rosebud mouth. show less
The Radcliffe title is hard to find elsewhere, though it is abridged in this edition.
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