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The Book of Were-wolves
Sabine Baring-Gould
17 days •
ⓘ 1865 • A study on lycanthropy blending folklore, history, and myth.
Carmilla
J. Sheridan LeFanu
12 days •
ⓘ 1871 • A classic Victorian vampire novella, predating Dracula by more than 25 years.
The Castle of Otranto
Horace Walpole
15 days •
ⓘ 1764 • One of the first gothic novels, Walpole tells the tale of Manfred and his growing obsession with saving his family line by marrying the much younger Isabella.
Dracula
Bram Stoker
54 days •
ⓘ 1897 • A mysterious Count from Transylvania seeks to enter England. Only a small group, led by Professor Van Helsing, stand in his way.
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Victor Hugo
72 days •
ⓘ 1831 • Hunchbacked Quasimodo lives in the towers of the Notre-Dame and is shunned by others - except for Esmerelda, who pities him. When she is endangered by the archdeacon Frollo, it seems only Quasimodo can help.
Northanger Abbey
Jane Austen
30 days •
ⓘ 1817 • Catherine, staying in the shadowy castle of her newfound love, finds herself in the middle of one of the Gothic stories she loves. Mysteries seem to lurk everywhere, hiding dark family secrets.
The Phantom of the Opera
Gaston Leroux
33 days •
ⓘ 1909 • Raised in the Paris Opera House, Christine is protected and taught to sing by a ghost. But she is soon in grave danger as the spirit falls in love with her and is consumed with jealousy.
The Romance of the Forest
Ann Radcliffe
53 days •
ⓘ 1791 • Placed under the protection of a family fleeing paris, Adeline finds herself in a sinister ruined abbey filled with horrors of the past. A suspenseful Gothic novel.
The Vampyre
John William Polidori
4 days •
ⓘ 1819 • Tragedy follows Lord Ruthven like a shadow, and poor young Aubrey can’t seem to rid himself of the man. But after Ruthven is killed, a far darker secret is revealed.
Vathek
William Beckford
16 days •
ⓘ 1782 • The chronicle of Caliph Vathek, who seeks supernatural powers and stops at nothing to attain them.
Wuthering Heights
Emily Bronte
43 days •
ⓘ 1847 • The classic Gothic tale of love, passion, and death that spans generations on the lonely moors of Thrushcross Grange and Wuthering Heights.
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