Books Tagged ‘Gothic’
The Cask of Amontillado
Subject: Horror
“The Cask of Amontillado” (sometimes spelled “The Casque of Amontillado”) is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. The story, set in an unnamed Italian city ...
Tags: Horror, Gothic, Short Stories, Academic, Fiction
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Subject: Horror
“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is a gothic story by American author Washington Irving, contained in his collection of 34 essays and short stories entitled The Sketch ...
Tags: Horror, Gothic, Short Stories, Fantasy, Fiction
Wuthering Heights
Subject: Fiction
Wuthering Heights is a novel by Emily Brontë published in 1847 under her pseudonym “Ellis Bell”. It is her only finished novel. Wuthering Heights and Anne BrontëR...
Tags: Classics, Gothic, Fiction, Literature, Romance
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Subject: Fiction
The Picture of Dorian Gray is a Gothic and philosophical novel by Oscar Wilde. Dorian Gray is the subject of a full-length portrait in oil by Basil Hallward, an artist impressed...
The Yellow Wallpaper
Subject: Fiction
Based on the author’s own experiences, ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ is the chilling tale of a woman driven to the brink of insanity by the ‘rest cure’ prescribed after the...
Tags: Classics, Horror, Gothic, Short Stories, Mental Health
The Masque of the Red Death
Subject: Horror
“The Masque of the Red Death”, originally published as “The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy”, is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first...
Tags: American, Allan Poe, Horror, Gothic, Short Stories
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Subject: Science Fiction
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a gothic novella by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1886. The work is also known as The Strange Case of Jekyl...
Tags: England, Horror, Mystery, Gothic, Science Fiction
Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus
Subject: Science Fiction
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a hideous sa...