The Castle In Transylvania

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In a tiny village, cut-off from the outside world, unnatural events are menacing the populace. Apparitions of vampires and zombies terrorise the townsfolk and they come to believe that the Devil occupies the abandoned castle looming over their town. A visitor to the region, a young Count, vows to liberate the town from this thrall - pitting his reason against the forces of superstition. But his limits of reason are breached when he sees his long-lost dead loved one. In a brilliant new translation, this gripping, genre-creating story is again brought to life.

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This book is an illuminating rarity among Verne's output, a Gothic-steeped romance whose scientific aspects are kept hidden till the climax. let us pay homage to the fine new translation by the experienced and talented Charlotte Mandell. This creative upgrade in the quality of the prose and fidelity to the original text persists throughout the novel, and sets high standards for the reader's enjoyment.Verne's tale remains compulsively readable.
Paul DiFilippo, Salon

Author Bio

Jules Verne was born in Nantes, France in 1828. One of the most imaginative writers of the nineteenth century, he wrote about air, space, and underwater travel long before such things were possible, leading many today to call him "The Father of Science Fiction." Among his books are A Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Around the World In Eighty Days, and From the Earth to the Moon. He died in 1905.