Gothic novels

10 books

A Sicilian RomanceAnn Ward Radcliffe · 1790A Gothic novel first published in 1790, set in sixteenth-century Sicily, telling the story of the noble Mazzini family, focusing on the marquis's daughters Emilia and Julia as they grow up secluded in their family's castle under the care of a guardian.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheusMary Wollstonecraft Shelley · 1818An 1818 Gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, told partly through letters from an explorer writing to his sister from a polar voyage, opening his account of an ambitious expedition toward the North Pole and his longing for a sympathetic friend.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

MathildaMary Wollstonecraft Shelley · 1819A scholarly edition of Mary Shelley's novelette Mathilda, first published here from manuscript in 1959. The story follows a young woman deserted by society after her father's incestuous love and suicide, and includes her draft The Fields of Fancy.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Castle of OtrantoHorace Walpole · 1764A Gothic romance by Horace Walpole, first published in 1764, set in an ancient castle where supernatural events and terror unfold, premised on the idea that the sins of fathers are visited upon their children.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Monk: A RomanceM. G. Lewis · 1796A Gothic romance novel, first published in 1796, set in Madrid, where crowds gather at a Capuchin church to hear a celebrated preacher, and a young nobleman becomes intrigued by a mysterious veiled woman he meets there.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Mysteries of UdolphoAnn Ward Radcliffe · 1794A four-volume Gothic romance first published in 1794, this novel follows the St. Aubert family, including daughter Emily, who live simply on an estate in Gascony, France, amid the landscapes of the Pyrenees.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Phantom of the OperaGaston Leroux · 1910A 1910 Gothic mystery novel by Gaston Leroux, presented as an investigator's account, in which the narrator claims a ghost truly haunts the Paris Opera House, connected to the kidnapping of singer Christine Daae and a tragic tale beneath the Opera.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified SinnerJames Hogg · 1824A novel by James Hogg, published in 1824, presented as an editor's account of the troubled marriage of George Colwan and his fanatically religious wife, set in Scotland around 1687, with an embedded confession of a justified sinner.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-HaughJoseph Sheridan Le Fanu · 1864This 1864 literary tale by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu explores dark secrets at Knowl. The story follows an unusual family's life and the arrival of a mysterious visitor, setting the stage for the drama of Bartram-Haugh.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Wieland; Or, The Transformation: An American TaleCharles Brockden Brown · 1798An 1798 American Gothic novel told in letter form, in which a woman recounts the tragic and extraordinary events that destroyed her family, exploring religious fanaticism, deception, and the dark potential of the human mind.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية