At the end of the 18th Century a distinction
was made between different types of awe. One type was the awe of the
beautiful. Beauties mirror is the awe inspired by the power of destruction.
This "awe" was called the sublime. In recognizing the sublime authors started
writing about dark forces. The Goths were an ancient invading force in Europe.
The early gothic novel was generally a historical fiction dealing with a dark
castle where evil forces lurked. One branch of the gothic became the horror
genre, the second branch became the classic "gothic novel" as reflected by
such works as Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, and Rebecca.
By the mid-20th century the elements of the
gothic novel had become well defined. Typically there was a large house where
a helpless young woman (orphan and/or penniless) comes to work or stay. There
are dark secrets in the house and a fearful male presence. There are hints of,
or actual supernatural occurrences. Well known authors in this genre include
Victoria Holt, Anne Maybury, Virginia Coffman, Dorothy Eden, and Barbara
Michaels.
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Bibliography of Gothic
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Aiken, Joan |
Castle Barebane (1976) |
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Aiken, Joan |
The Weeping
Ash (also called The Lightening Tree) |
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Aiken, Joan |
The Haunting of Lamb House |
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Ainsworth, William Harrison |
Rookwood
(1834) Reprint |
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Alcott, Louisa |
Behind a Mask or a Woman's Power |
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Allende, Isabel |
House of the Spirits |
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Anthony, Evelyn |
Mission to Malaspiga |
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Atwood, Margaret |
Alias Grace |
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Beauman, Sally |
Rebecca's Tale |
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Beckford, William (b.1759, d.1844) |
Vathek
(1786) Reprint |
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Berckman, Evelyn |
The Heir of Starvelings (1967) |
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Berckman, Evelyn |
The Victorian Album (1973) |
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Berckman, Evelyn |
Finger to Her Lips + |
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Bradbury, Ray |
Something Wicked This Way Comes
(1963) Reprint |
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Bradley, Marion Zimmer |
Ghostlight (1995) |
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Bradley, Marion Zimmer |
Castle Terror |
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Brandewyne, Rebecca |
Upon a Moon-Dark Moor |
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Brandewyne, Rebecca |
Across a Starlit Sea |
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Brandon, Beatrice (Robert W. Kreps) |
The Cliffs of Night |
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Brandon, Beatrice (Robert W. Kreps) |
Court of the Silver Shadows |
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Brent, Madeleine (Peter O'Donnell) |
Moonraker's Bride (1973) |
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Brent, Madeleine (Peter O'Donnell) |
Stormswift (1985) |
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Brent, Madeleine (Peter O'Donnell) |
Tregaron's Daughter (1971) |
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Brent, Madeleine (Peter O'Donnell) |
A Heritage of Shadows (1984) |
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Brent, Madeleine (Peter O'Donnell) |
Golden Urchin (1986) |
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Brent, Madeleine (Peter O'Donnell) |
Merlin's Keep (1977) |
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Brent, Madeleine (Peter O'Donnell) |
Stranger at Wildings (1976) |
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Brent, Madeleine (Peter O'Donnell) |
Kirkby's Changeling (1977) |
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Brent, Madeleine (Peter O'Donnell) |
The Capricorn Stone (1979) |
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Brent, Madeleine (Peter O'Donnell) |
The Long Masquerade (1981) |
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Bronte, Charlotte (b.1816,d.1855) |
Jane Eyre
(1847) Reprint |
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Bronte, Charlotte (b.1816,d.1855) |
Villette
(1853) Reprint |
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Bronte, Emily (b.1818, d.1848) |
Wuthering Heights
(1848) Reprint |
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Brown, Charles Brockden |
Wieland
(1798) Reprint |
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Brown, Charles Brockden |
Somnambulism: A Fragment (ca. 1800) |
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Burney, Fanny |
Camilla
(1796) Reprint |
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Carey, David |
Secrets of the Castle (1806) |
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Carter, Angela (b.1940) |
Nights at the Circus (1984) |
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Carter, Angela (b.1940) |
The Bloody Chamber
(1979) Reprint |
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Carter, Angela (b.1940) |
The Magic Toyshop
(1988) Reprint |
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Clark, Mary Higgins |
A Cry in the Night |
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Clark, Mary Higgins |
Stillwatch |
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Coffman, Virginia |
Moura (1959) |
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Coffman, Virginia |
The Beckoning |
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Coffman, Virginia |
The Devil Vicar |
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Coffman, Virginia |
The Dark Gondola |
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Coffman, Virginia |
The Vampyre of Moura |
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Coffman, Virginia |
The Mist at Darkness |
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Coffman, Virginia |
The Devil's Mistress (Lucifer Cove) |
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Coffman, Virginia |
Priestess of the Damned (Lucifer Cove) |
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Coffman, Virginia |
The Devil's Virgin (Lucifer Cove) |
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Coffman, Virginia |
Masque of Satan (Lucifer Cove) |
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Coffman, Virginia |
Chalet Diabolique (Lucifer Cove) |
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Coffman, Virginia |
From Satan, With Love (Lucifer Cove) |
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Coffman, Virginia |
The Jewelled Darkness |
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Coffman, Virginia |
Emerald Flame (The Jewels series) |
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Coffman, Virginia |
The Wine-Dark Opal (The Jewels series) |
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Coffman, Virginia |
Hyde Place (1974) |
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Conway, Laura (Dorothy Phoebe Ansle) |
Heiress Apparent |
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Conway, Laura (Dorothy Phoebe Ansle) |
A
House Called Pleasure |
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Conway, Laura (Dorothy Phoebe Ansle) |
Dark Symmetry |
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Cookson, Catherine |
The Girl |
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Cookson, Catherine |
Feathers in the Fire |
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Coulter, Catherine |
The Countess |
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Crane, Teresa |
Molly |
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Crecy, Jeanne (Jeanne Williams) |
Hands of Terror |
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Crecy, Jeanne (Jeanne Williams) |
The Evil Among Us |
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Crecy, Jeanne (Jeanne Williams) |
The Night Hunters |
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Crowe, Cecily |
Northwater + |
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Crowe, Cecily |
The Tower of Kilraven |
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Crowe, Cecily |
Abbeygate |
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Crowe, Cecily |
The Talisman |
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Cuthbertson, Catherine |
Romance of the Pyrenees (1803) |
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Daniels Dorothy |
Castle Morvant |
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Daniels Dorothy |
Bridal Black |
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Daniels Dorothy |
House of Silence |
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Du Maurier, Daphne |
Rebecca
(1938) Reprint |
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Eden, Dorothy |
Crow Hollow |
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Eden, Dorothy |
Voice of the Dolls |
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Eden, Dorothy |
Listen to Danger |
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Eden, Dorothy |
The Sleeping Bride |
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Eden, Dorothy |
Samantha |
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Eden, Dorothy |
Darkwater |
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Eden, Dorothy |
Winterwood |
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Eden, Dorothy |
An
Afternoon Walk |
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Eden, Dorothy |
Shadow of a Witch |
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Edgeworth, Maria |
Castle Rackrent |
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Edgeworth, Maria |
The Absentee |
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Erskine, Barbara |
House of Echoes |
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Erskine, Barbara |
Distant Voices |
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Godwin, William |
Caleb Williams
(1794) Reprint |
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Hill, Susan |
Mrs. deWinter |
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Hill, Susan |
The Woman in Black
(1983) New Edition |
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Hodge, Jane Aiken |
Deathline |
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Holland, Isabelle |
Kilgaren |
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Holland, Isabelle |
Moncrieff |
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Holland, Isabelle |
The deMaury Papers |
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Holland, Isabelle |
Tower Abbey |
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Holland, Isabelle |
A
Lover Scorned |
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Holland, Isabelle |
Bump in the Night |
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Holland, Isabelle |
A
Fatal Advent |
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Holt, Victoria (Eleanor Hibbert) |
Bride of Pendorric |
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Holt, Victoria (Eleanor Hibbert) |
Kirkland Revels |
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Holt, Victoria (Eleanor Hibbert) |
Mistress of Mellyn |
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Holt, Victoria (Eleanor Hibbert) |
Menfreya in the Morning |
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Holt, Victoria (Eleanor Hibbert) |
The King of the Castle |
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Holt, Victoria (Eleanor Hibbert) |
The Shivering Sands |
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Holt, Victoria (Eleanor Hibbert) |
On
the Night of the Seventh Moon |
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Holt, Victoria (Eleanor Hibbert) |
Curse of the Kings |
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Holt, Victoria (Eleanor Hibbert) |
The House of a Thousand Lanterns |
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Holt, Victoria (Eleanor Hibbert) |
Lord of the Far Island |
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