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Ernestus Berchtold; or The Modern Oedipus: A Tale

By John William , Polidori

Book information

Publisher
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
Year
1819
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7202700 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
275\296
Topic
Literature Fiction
Time added
2022-11-12 13:50:09
Gothic Fiction

Description

ERNESTUS BERCHTOLD scandalously draws on the rumours of Byron's affair with his half-sister for a Faustian updating of the myth of Oedipus, which it combines with an account of the struggle of Swiss patriots against the Napoleonic invasion. [From the back cover of the Broadview Press edition (2008) which also contains Polidori's THE VAMPYRE, and is also availabe on LibGen.] n/a

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