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Zastrozzi, A Romance

Zastrozzi, A Romance

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Number of Chapters: 16

Length: 5 hours and 15 minutes

Language: English

“Would Julia of Strobazzo’s heart was reeking on my dagger!”

From the asthmatic urgency of its opening abduction scene to the Satanic defiance of the villain’s departure “with a wild convulsive laugh of exulting revenge”, this first of Shelley’s Gothic novelettes recycles much sensational boyhood reading and also points to some of his more mature concerns.

It is the ego-driven pursuit of passionate extremes, revenge included, which consigns figures like Zastrozzi and the murderous Matilda to an isolation which is socially destructive as well as self-annihilating. The story of their downfall is related in a relentlessly hysterical style – possibly more easily enjoyed when read aloud! (Summary by Martin Geeson)

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Chapter I (Martin Geeson)
Chapter II (Martin Geeson)
Chapter III (Martin Geeson)
Chapter IV (Martin Geeson)
Chapter V (Martin Geeson)
Chapter VI (Martin Geeson)
Chapter VIII (There is no Chapter VII) (Martin Geeson)
Chapter IX (Martin Geeson)
Chapter X (Martin Geeson)
Chapter XI (Martin Geeson)
Chapter XII (Martin Geeson)
Chapter XIII (Martin Geeson)
Chapter XIV (Martin Geeson)
Chapter XV (Martin Geeson)
Chapter XVI (Martin Geeson)
Chapter XVII (Martin Geeson)
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