2007-01-27 18:19:29 · 13 answers · asked by oriella 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The Monk (Matthew Lewis)
The Castle of Otranto (Horace Walpole)
The Italian
Melmoth the Wanderer (Charles Robert Maturin)
Vathek ( William Beckford)
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (Edgar A.Poe)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Interview with the Vampire (Anne Rice--and any of the series)
this should get you started on a pretty exciting journey of the Gothic period and beyond--- Enjoy!
2007-01-27 18:41:54 · answer #1 · answered by mad_madison_maiden_x 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try reading Edgar Allen Poe. A lot of what he wrote, such as Fall of the House of Usher, Mask of the Red Death, and the Cask of Amanotadillo are exampled of Victorian Gothic.
If you want to go back to the roots of gothic literature, try Ann Radcliffe's books. She's considered one forerunners of gothic lit. The Monk by Matthew Lewis is a nice, creepy continuation of her work.
Although strictly speaking, Frankenstein and Jekyll and Hyde fall under horror or science fiction more than they do gothic. In which case, Dracula is marvelous.
2007-01-27 18:28:24 · answer #2 · answered by parker1922 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try The Torturer's Apprentice by John Biguenet. It's not a novel, it's a short story collection. But it's very gothic, and like Frankenstein and J & H, it's kind of totemic and gets into these deep psychological issues. Plus, it's literary stuff and not genre stuff.
2007-01-27 19:55:30 · answer #3 · answered by ing 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read both and I liked Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde the best. some other recommendations, since you are talking about reading some classics are: Wuthering heights, the scarlet letters and all of the Jane auten books. This have been my favorite classics!!! and this is coming from a person that generally likes contemporary books.
2016-03-29 05:59:22 · answer #4 · answered by Loretta 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably the original "League of Extrodinary Gentlemen" graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill. Very different from the movie (for one thing the league is lead by Miss Wilheima Murray NOT Alan Quartermain) and very dark. Nice gore too... and it has Jekyll and Hyde!
But either that or Joseph Sheridan LeFanu's 'Carmilla' - similar to Dracula, but cause she's a woman she's sooo much better than him. :P
2007-01-28 01:37:52 · answer #5 · answered by Daemonicguardian 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The House of Usher- Edgar Allan Poe
2007-01-28 00:00:35 · answer #6 · answered by nildavioleta 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bram Stoker's Dracula
2007-01-27 18:22:45 · answer #7 · answered by kjcedits 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would recommend The Catcher in the Rye by Salinger or also anything by Edgar Allan Poe.
2007-01-27 18:24:41 · answer #8 · answered by Jade D. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dean Koontz's Frankenstein is good. It's a three volume set - part three to be released this year I think.
2007-01-27 18:31:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. Very suspenseful.
2007-01-27 19:31:15 · answer #10 · answered by dam_9191 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋