- Horrid Mysteries
"The Horrid Mysteries", subtitled "A Story From the German Of The Marquis Of Grosse" is a gothic novel by Peter Will listed as one of the seven "horrid novels" by
Jane Austen in her "Northanger Abbey " and also mentioned byThomas Love Peacock in "Nightmare Abbey ". It was first published by the sensationalistMinerva Press in 1796. [http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/exhibits/gothic/north.html]The hero of the tale, the Marquis of Grosse finds himself embroiled in a secret revolutionary society which advocates murder and mayhem in pursuit of an early form of
communism . He creates a rival society to combat them and finds himself hopelessly trapped between the two antagonistic forces. The book has been both praised and lambasted for its lurid portrayal of sex, violence and barbarism [http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/digital_guides/gothic_fiction/Introduction5.aspx]As of 2006 , Valancourt Books was planning to reprint all seven books. [ [http://www.valancourtbooks.com/ Valancourt Books] ]References
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