The Adventure of the German Student

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"The Adventure of the German Student" is a Gothic short story by Washington Irving about a young scholar in Revolutionary Paris who encounters a mysterious woman with a macabre secret.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gothic fiction work
horror story
short story
associatedWith French Revolution in literature
author Washington Irving
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
featuresElement decapitation
guillotine
haunted atmosphere
mysterious woman
stormy night
genre Gothic fiction
horror
hasCharacterType scholar
spectral woman
hasMotive critique of revolutionary violence
exploration of psychological horror
hasTheme death
isolation
madness
revolution
romantic obsession
supernatural
terror
uncertainty of reality
language English
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement Romanticism
mainCharacter Gottfried Wolfgang
narrativePerspective third-person narration
originalPublicationMedium magazine
partOf Washington Irving
surface form: Washington Irving's Gothic tales
protagonistNationality German
protagonistOccupation student
settingLocation Paris
settingPeriod French Revolution
tone dark
macabre

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