{"product_id":"9781529966619","title":"The Elements of Dark Academia","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Jared Shurin\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 27 August 2026 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage Classics) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 512 pages\u003cbr\u003e242 x 164 x 44 | 756g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmbition. Desire. Secrets. Belonging. Don your best tweed and sharpen your daggers: school is in session.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this revelatory collection of over two dozen stories, award-winning anthologist Jared Shurin guides us through the hallowed halls of Dark Academia, from its Gothic roots to its boundary-pushing present. Ranging from the mysterious to the fantastic, the romantic and the horrific, these stories explore the hidden secrets of elite institutions, probe our relationship with power, and examine the darkest corners of human nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin these pages, you’ll meet obsessed professors and the students who will do anything to impress them. Artists and musicians who make deals with the devil. Academic rivalries that turn personal, and even deadly. Students who come to study, but learn that ivory towers often contain dark secrets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the syllabus, you’ll find:Edgar Allan PoeEvelyn WaughDorothy SayersCarmen Maria MachadoM.L. RioLev GrossmanAnd many more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd for your final assignment: an original story by Olivie Blake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill you dare to explore this tome's hidden depths?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57414795723127,"sku":"9781529966619","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781529966619.jpg?v=1787840085","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.pro\/products\/9781529966619","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}