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The Experience of Literature

  • 1966 first published
  • 404 pages

Gene Montague, Edgar Allan Poe and Антон Павлович Чехов's The Experience of Literature (1966) is a gothic fiction and horror play. The story is set in Saint Louis and Missouri. Characters include Prince Prospero, Amanda Wingfield and Laura Wingfield. Key subjects include college readers, plagues, abbeys and Nobility.

5 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list.

It runs to roughly 404 pages — 7–8 hours of reading at an average pace.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Characters

Subjects

  • College readers
  • Gothic fiction
  • Horror
  • Short story
  • Plagues
  • Abbeys
  • Nobility
  • Hematidrosis
  • Masquerade balls
  • Shrouds
  • Daggers
  • American horror tales
  • Juvenile audience
  • Horror tales
  • Horror stories
  • Horror fiction

Quick answers

Who wrote The Experience of Literature?

The Experience of Literature was written by Gene Montague, Edgar Allan Poe and Антон Павлович Чехов and first published in 1966.

What genre is The Experience of Literature?

It is usually shelved as Gothic Fiction and Horror.

How long is The Experience of Literature?

The median edition has 404 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Experience of Literature?

Readers who like it often enjoy Backpack Literature -- Fifth Edition, The United States in Literature -- The Glass Menagerie Edition and A Study of the Short Story.

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