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The Dream

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Constance de Villeneuve is a young woman with a heartbreaking problem. She is in love with a man called Gaspar De Vaudemont, but Constanceā€™s and Gasparā€™s fathers were mortal enemies. As Constance doesnā€™t know what to do, she decides to ask help from Saint Catherine. But asking help from the saint almost turns out to be deathly for Constance...

ā€˜The Dreamā€™ is a gothic short story by Mary Shelley.

Mary Shelley (1797ā€“1851) was an English writer. She is best known for her gothic novel ā€˜Frankensteinā€™. The first edition of ā€˜Frankensteinā€™ was published when Shelley was only 20 years old. Shelley didnā€™t attend school, but was educated by her father and a governess. Both of her parents, William Goldwin and Mary Wollenstonecraft, were notable thinkers of their time.