Zastrozzi

(By Percy Bysshe Shelley)

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Author Percy Bysshe Shelley

“Book Descriptions: Adroitly exploiting the classic elements of popular Gothic horror, Shelley created a dramatic tale of romance and revenge. This short and intensely emotional novel — first published when Shelley was only eighteen — combines adolescent vigour and literary panache with occasional sparks of true poetic genius.

Shelley's vivid love story dramatises the misplaced passion between Matilda, Contessa di Laurentinini, Verezzi, the object of her crazed desire, and Matilda's murderous accomplice, the mysterious Zastrozzi. When Matilda discovers that her love is unrequited, she traps Verezzi in her castle and orders Zastrozzi to kill Julia — the woman Verezzi loves. But Zastrozzi has his own agenda ... A quintessential novel of 'sensibility,' Zastrozzi reveals the youthful Shelley's innate creative flair.”