"His foot struck against something, he stumbled, and had nearly fallen; he stooped to examine what it was, and his hand rested on the face of a human being, cold, putrid, and clammy!" Young Edgar's father, the noble Baron Fitz-Elmar, has been mysteriously slain, and his uncle, the scheming Sir Armine, rules in his place. Determined to retain power, Armine will stop at nothing to destroy Edgar, who stands to inherit the castle. Now Edgar must flee his tyrannical uncle and outrun the murderous army of assassins sent to kill him. His flight will lead him, on a dark and stormy night, to a ruined priory, where he will discover the horrible truth behind his father's untimely end. A gothicized retelling of Hamlet, and heavily influenced by the tragedies of Shakespeare and the Gothic romances of Walpole and Radcliffe,The Phantom of the Castle was the first of Richard Sickelmore's Gothic novels. This edition, the first since its initial publication in 1798, includes a new introduction, notes, and the complete text of contemporary reviews.

Edgar; Or, the Phantom of the Castle (Gothic Classics)

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Aboukir Bay; or, the glorious first of August. A musical drama, on the signal victory obtained by Rear-Admiral Nelson, over the French fleet, August ... music selected and composed by J. Jouve, ...

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Saltinbanco; or, the disagreeable surprize. An opera. As performfd [sic] at the Brighton theatre, with universal applause. By R. Sickelmore, ... The music by Mr. Prince.

The dream. A serio-dramatic piece, in two acts; as performed at the Brighton theatre, on Tuesday evening, August 23, 1796. By Richard Sickelmore.

Quarter-day. An interlude. First performed at the theatre, Dover. By R. Sicklemore, ...

Mary-Jane. a Novel. in Two Volumes. by Richard Sickelmore, ... Volume 1 of 2

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