2007-03-09 23:48:36 · 12 answers · asked by whilelmina 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I love them! Daphne DuMaurier is my favorite -- the original gothic fiction writer. I like Rebecca best, but The House on the Strand is good. So is Jamaica Inn.
I am interested to hear other people's book recommendations, so I can add them to my list!
2007-03-09 23:55:27 · answer #1 · answered by suzykew70 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love to read the "original" Gothic novels from the eighteenth century... If you haven't tried them, please do, they will scare you!
The best ones are:
The Monk by Matthew Lewis
The Italian by Anne Radcliffe
others are: The Castle of Otranto, and even things like Frankenstein and Dracula. Interestingly, Jane Austen's "Northanger Abbey" was written as a bit of a mickey-take off all the gothic novels that were popular at the time, so that's worth a read too.
2007-03-10 03:48:52 · answer #2 · answered by pinksparklybirdy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you mean gothic horror then yes. J Sheridan Le Fanu is fab his short story Carmilla is fantastic. I recommend his books In a Glass Darkly and Madam Crowls Ghost. Theres also M.R.James another gothic horror writer, and Algernon Blackwood too.
2007-03-10 09:44:21 · answer #3 · answered by minniema10 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Indeed, I recently read Lord of the Dead. It was all right, it's a few years old. I also read Forever Will You Suffer which had some excellent imagery but, frankly read like it was written by a lovesick teenager.
Anne Rice, of course, a goddess among us. They classify her as horror but I think that's just to get her more mainstream.
I write goth-horror poetry as well (in fact I just put one up on my 360 page last night) and novels. Someday maybe you'll be asking if anyone else likes to read Raven of the Wood novels. Sigh...
2007-03-10 00:13:28 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I do.I love reading vampire novels although shape shifters are my favorite.Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark Hunter novels,Kelley Armstrong's Women of the otherworld series,the Sazi novels by Cathy Clamp and C.T. Adams are some of my favorites.
2007-03-10 03:24:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm a big fan of Kelley Armstrong,Laurell K Hamilton & Kim Wilkins.
2007-03-10 10:08:15 · answer #6 · answered by munki 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I do. However my favourite type of book is the novel of manners.
2007-03-10 07:03:29 · answer #7 · answered by maggie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
attempt Jim Butcher's books. they have presently made a television prepare called The Dresden records out of them. it somewhat is on SciFi channel. e book one is named typhoon front. Harry Dresden is a wizard in present day-day Chicago. He helps out the Chicago Police whilst they have a "particular case"
2016-10-18 00:43:36 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anne Rice novels are quite good.Not all of them though.Some have really disappointed me and others have been great
2007-03-11 03:08:25 · answer #9 · answered by wednesday 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, you'll have to define gothic.
I read horror stories which probably aren't what your looking for.
2007-03-10 02:30:25 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋