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23 days ago by Jennifer

My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier Philip Ashley, orphaned at an early age, was raised unconventionally by his older bachelor cousin Ambrose. Ambrose owns the estate and 500 acres on which they live. Ambrose did not care to have women around, so Philip’s exposure to the fairer sex was quite minim ...

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27 days ago by Mitch

So I read Sarah Waters’ “Fingersmith” the whole night last night. I woke up around 6am today – the light outside always seems like it’s the late morning light, so I wake early whether I like it or not – and continued reading it, in the doom and gloom of early morning. ^^ I read from 7pm last night u ...

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28 days ago by The Editor

NORTHANGER ABBEY by Jane Austen (1803) Download PDF ebook or continue reading online ADVERTISEMENT BY THE AUTHORESS, TO NORTHANGER ABBEY THIS little work was finished in the year 1803, and intended for immediate publication. It was disposed of to a bookseller, it was even advertised, and why the bus ...

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29 days ago by The Editor

The Castle of Otranto - Horace Walpole Download ebook or continue reading online Preface to the First Edition The following work was found in the library of an ancient Catholic family in the north of England. It was printed at Naples, in the black letter, in the year 1529. How much sooner it was wri ...

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52 days ago by Brie

I'm almost ashamed to admit that My Cousin Rachel is my first book by Daphne Du Maurier. As much as I love Gothic Fiction, I should have read this a long time ago. For years I've been meaning to read the acclaimed Rebecca, but never got around to it. So when the opportunity arose for me to read this ...

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72 days ago by admin

Gothic Fiction Strawberry Hill, an English villa built by seminal Gothic writer Horace Walpole Gothic fiction is a genre of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance. As a genre, it is generally believed to have been invented by the English author Horace Walpole, with his 1764 nov ...

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82 days ago by badkeesh

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91 days ago by David Darkly

J ust a few minutes ago I was watching ' Mastermind' when in the general knowledge section, a contestant was asked: 'What classical Muse represented dancing, and was often portrayed carrying a lute?' The contestant frowned; he didn't know the answer. But I did. 'Terpsichore' I said aloud. Then loude ...

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92 days ago by Corridor

On the drive home, I voiced my thoughts to Lex. “Maybe I could get a book out of this story. Even if no one believed Ste. Germaine’s story as nonfiction, it wouldn’t matter. The lunatic fringe would slurp it up, as fact and the relatively sane would find it a compelling tale regardless. A bit of a w ...

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99 days ago by Ann Downer

This blog is a bit like a secretary desk into which bills and correspondence have been stuffed willy nilly…because of neglect I keep reaching into an overflowing pigeonhole and pulling stuff out only to go, yikes, I meant to deal with that months ago. Come to think of it, that kind of describes my b ...

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