The Castle of Wolfenbach

by Eliza Parsons

Overview

Eliza Parsons was an English author best known for her Gothic novels.Parsons was one of the first to write Gothic novels and her book The Castle of Wolfenbach is considered an early classic in the Gothic genre.The action centers around a young woman named Matilda Weimar who flees her nasty uncle and finds refuge in an ancient and mysterious castle.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781537825786
Publisher:	Charles River Editors
Publication date:	03/22/2018
Sold by:	PUBLISHDRIVE KFT
Format:	eBook
Pages:	363
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Eliza Parsons (1739-1811) was an English novelist. Born in Plymouth, Devon, she was the only daughter of wine merchant John Phelp and his wife Roberta. She grew up in relative prosperity, receiving an education uncommon for women of her time. In 1760, Eliza married James Parsons, with whom she raised three sons and five daughters. During the American Revolutionary War, Parsons’ turpentine business suffered terrible losses, forcing the family to live frugally. When a warehouse fire destroyed his property, and as illness and death tore through their tight-knit family, Eliza stepped in to provide for their children. Between 1790 and 1807, she wrote nineteen novels and a play, specializing in the Gothic style popular in England and Europe in the late nineteenth century. Although fame and financial stability eluded her, she proved a consistent and skilled storyteller, earning moderate praise for her novel The Castle of Wolfenbach (1793). Although she frequently apologized for her writing in the prefaces to her works—which she used primarily to appeal to readers on behalf of her children—Parsons was a gifted creator of compelling fiction and a pioneering figure in English literary history.