Three Gothic Novels: The Castle of Otranto, Vathek, The Vampyre, and a Fragment of a Novel

8 best books like Three Gothic Novels: The Castle of Otranto, Vathek, The Vampyre, and a Fragment of a Novel (E.F. Bleiler): Brave New World / Brave New World Revisited, Unsouled, Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?, Blackflame, Soulsmith, Skysworn, The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales, The Plague, The Fall, Exile and the Kingdom, and Selected Essays

Brave New World / Brave New World Revisited

Author	Aldous Huxley
ISBN	0060776099

The astonishing novel Brave New World, originally published in 1932, presents Aldous Huxley's vision of the future--of a world utterly transformed. Through the most efficient scientific and psychological engineering, people are genetically designed to be passive and therefore consistently...

Unsouled

Author

Will Wight

I have heard great things about Will Wight's books. If Unsouled was just a taste of what the Cradle series has to offer, I will say those praises are well-founded.

Cradle is an Eastern-inspired fantasy with complex worldbuilding and a cool magic system that reminds me of the Chinese martial...

Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?

Author	Michael J. Sandel
ISBN	0374180652

En Justicia, el prestigioso autor y profesor Michael Sandel examina el papel de la justicia en nuestras vidas y en la sociedad, y explica cómo la filosofía puede ayudar a entender la política, la religión o la moral, e incluso nuestras propias convicciones. Deteniéndose en cuestiones tan polémicas...

Blackflame

Author

Will Wight

Lindon has a year left.

When his time runs out, he’ll have to fight an opponent that no one believes he can beat. Unless he learns sacred arts the right way, from scratch, he won’t have a chance to win…and even then, the odds are against him.

In the course of their training, he and...

Soulsmith

Author

Will Wight

Outside Sacred Valley, ancient ruins rise from the earth, drawing sacred artists from miles around to fight for the treasures within.

Lindon has reached Copper, taking the first step on the road to power, but the warriors of the outside world are still far beyond him.

To advance, he...

Skysworn

Author

Will Wight

With his duel fast approaching, Lindon is locked away in prison.

As a Blackflame, he is too dangerous to remain free. The Skysworn, protectors of the Empire, have imprisoned him to keep him under control until the day of his promised fight arrives.

When it does, he will face Jai Long....

The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales

Author	Chris Baldick
ISBN	0192862197

The Gothic tale has been with us for over two hundred years, but this collection is the first to illustrate the continuing strength of this special fictional tradition from the late eighteenth century to the present day. Gothic fiction is generally identified with Horace Walpole's Castle of Otranto...

The Plague, The Fall, Exile and the Kingdom, and Selected Essays

Author	Albert Camus
ISBN	1400042550

From one of the most brilliant and influential thinkers of the twentieth century–two novels, six short stories, and a pair of essays in a single volume. In both his essays and his fiction, Albert Camus (1913—1960) de-ployed his lyric eloquence in defense against despair, providing an affirmation...