Query: Fantasy novels from 1909 or gothic novels published in France
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
What Never Dies
Justine (de Sade novel)
The Lady of the Shroud
Les Chants de Maldoror
The Road to Oz
The Phantom of the Opera
Evidence from documents: What Never Dies: gothic novels published in France: '''''What Never Dies''''' () is an 1884 novel by the French writer Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly.
gothic novels: The narrative uses techniques from the Gothic novel and its French counterpart, the "roman frénétique".
Justine (de Sade novel): gothic novels: * Gothic novel
published in France: '''''Justine, or The Misfortunes of Virtue''''' (French: '''''Justine, ou Les Malheurs de la Vertu''''') is a 1791 novel by Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, better known as the Marquis de Sade. ''Justine'' is set just before the French Revolution in France and tells the story of a young girl who goes under the name of Thérèse
The Lady of the Shroud: '''''The Lady of the Shroud''''' is a novel by Bram Stoker, published by William Heinemann in 1909.
Les Chants de Maldoror: '''''Les Chants de Maldoror''''' (''The Songs of Maldoror'') is a French poetic novel, or a long prose poem. It was written and published between 1868 and 1869 by the Comte de Lautréamont, the ''nom de plume'' of the Uruguayan-born French writer Isidore Lucien Ducasse. The work concerns the misanthropic, misotheistic character of '''Maldoror''', a figure of evil who has renounced conventional morality.
The Road to Oz: from 1909: It was originally published on July 10, 1909 and documents the adventures of Dorothy Gale's fourth visit to the Land of Oz.
Fantasy novels: The sales figures of Baum's other fantasy novels always lagged behind his Oz novels; it has therefore been theorized that the "guest appearances" of his non-Oz characters in ''The Road to Oz'' were a marketing ploy to raise interest in those other titles.
The Phantom of the Opera: Drumright notes that ''The Phantom of the Opera'' checks off every trope necessary to have a Gothic novel