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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 Constance’s and Gaspar’s fathers were mortal enemies. As Constance doesn’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...

‘The Dream’ is a gothic short story by Mary Shelley.

Mary Shelley (1797–1851) was an English writer. She is best known for her gothic novel ‘Frankenstein’. The first edition of ‘Frankenstein’ was published when Shelley was only 20 years old. Shelley didn’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.