The Pilgrims

Resumen del libro

A poignant tale of betrayal, heartbreak, revenge and ultimately redemption, 'The Pilgrims' is an exquisite work of Gothic storytelling. It is accompanied here by four other of Shelley's short stories: 'The Dream', 'The False Rhyme', 'The Invisible Girl' and 'The Mourner'.

A knight living alone in his isolated mountain fortress shows hospitality to two pilgrims who one day appear from the mountains, seeking shelter. Entreating him to tell them of his sorrow, the knight unburdens himself and tells a tragic tale of love and loss. Resigned to the bitter fate that life has dealth him, the proud knight is unaware of the true nature of the two young people's pilgriminage, until a revelation transforms his understanding of his past and reveals the possibility of a new future.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;p Mary Shelley (1797-1851) es sobre todo conocida por este título, que creó con apenas 18 años y cuando se encontraba de vacaciones en compañía de otros amigos e intelectuales. Lord Byron, el anfitrión, propuso entonces un concurso literario: cada invitado debía escribir una historia con tintes sobrenaturales. De aquí surgió nuestro famoso x{0026}lt;i Frankensteinx{0026}lt;/i , germen de la novela gótica y de terror, pero que Shelley no volvería a cultivar. El resto de su obra transitó entre el ensayo biográfico, la literatura de viajes o la novela histórica (x{0026}lt;i Valpergax{0026}lt;/i , x{0026}lt;i Perkin Warbeckx{0026}lt;/i ) y la apocalíptica (x{0026}lt;i El último hombrex{0026}lt;/i ).x{0026}lt;p