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7 days ago by Ms. SP

The Castle of Otranto is significant for being known as the first ever Gothic novel. I am someone who stays away from horror movies and scary stories of all kinds. I do not like bumps in the night. But I didn’t have anything to fear from this novel at all. The spectural elements are mainly portents ...

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16 days ago by amphibologista

Fantastic View of Tivoli, Hubert Robert One of the things I really enjoyed while browsing through Robert’s images was that, despite the fact that many of his paintings are of what appear to be definite tourist attractions, he shows people not only being touristy but also working; here, there’s that ...

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45 days ago by chalaedra

MR Review The Bakery Murders : Challenge - Book Two by Charlotte Holley The Bakery Murders: Challenge is the second book of the Actor’s Guild series and picks up just a short time after the events of the first book in the series, McCann’s Manor: Portal. Liz Carr and Kim Henson agree to look into why ...

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45 days ago by Yank

Much has been discussed regarding English weather. The typical non-British person assumes that we get lots of rain and fog. I won’t disagree with that, but I will say that after having lived in areas in the US that get lots of rain, I don’t find the amount of rain here as excessive. But I find the h ...

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53 days ago by javier

Bram Stoker’s novel about featuring as its primary antagonist the vampire Count Dracula. Dracula has been attributed to many literary genres including vampire literature, horror fiction, the gothic novel and invasion literature Buy Now!

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65 days ago by Karen J. Weyant

We are finishing up the semester in my Gothic Novel class, and we just got done with Tideland by Mitch Cullin. By far, I have to say that this book invited the most discussion in the classroom. Perhaps, it's because parts of the book are so bizarre. Or perhaps, it's because parts of the book really ...

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80 days ago by Karen J. Weyant

When classes start up again next week, I will be jumping right into the Southern Gothic unit of my Gothic Novel class. When I was figuring out the booklist for this class, I had a difficult time picking a work to represent Southern Gothic. I love the short stories by William Faulkner and Flannery O' ...

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86 days ago by Broadview Press

The Monk: A Romance (Broadview Literary Texts) The Monk is the most sensational of Gothic novels. The main plot concerns Ambrosio, an abbot of irreproachable holiness, who is seduced by a woman (or perhaps a demon) disguised as a novice, and who goes on to sell his soul to the Devil. An extravagant ...

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98 days ago by Lady of the Review

I’ve been trying to figure out exactly how to review this book. I don’t think I’ve ever been so conflicted over my impression of a book before. Pride and Prejudice is probably my all-time favorite love story, which is pretty ironic since I’d never read the book until last year. I’ve seen the movies ...

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105 days ago by chalaedra

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