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Zastrozzi: A Romance is a Gothic novel by Percy Bysshe Shelley first published in 1810 in London by George Wilkie and John Robinson anonymously, with only the initials of the author's name, as "by P.B.S.".
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
- 1810
Zastrozzi, A Romance is a 1986 four-part British television miniseries starring Tilda Swinton, Mark McGann, and Max Wall based on Percy Bysshe Shelley's 1810 eponymous Gothic horror novel. It was produced by Channel Four Films and shown on Channel 4 in the UK and on PBS in the U.S.
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.
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Although Zastrozzi lacks the historical scope, descriptive detail, and narrative polish of Shelley’s models, the novel develops an elaborate pursuit-escape narrative trajectory that is both tightly structured and unfolds at an energetic pace, incorporating aspects of Gothic romance, sentimentalist fiction, and the philosophical novel.
Zastrozzi, A Romance is a 1986 four-part British television miniseries starring Tilda Swinton, Mark McGann, and Max Wall based on Percy Bysshe Shelley 's 1810 eponymous Gothic horror novel.
Jun 7, 2019 · Loosely based on writer Percy Shelley’s Gothic novel “Zastrozzi: A Romance”, it is a tale of revenge as it tells the story of the criminal Zastrozzi, who seeks to avenge his mother’s murder.
Jan 10, 2018 · Zastrozzi: A Romance is a Gothic novel by Percy Bysshe Shelley first published in 1810 in London by George Wilkie and John Robinson anonymously, with only the initials of the author's name, as...
