Gothic Books

The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne

Ann Radcliffe

The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne is a gothic novel by Ann Radcliffe, first published in London by Thomas Hookham in 1789. The wicked baron murdered the good earl's father twelve years before th..

A Sicilian Romance

Ann Ward Radcliffe

A Sicilian Romance is a Gothic novel by Ann Radcliffe. It was her second published work, and was first published anonymously in 1790. The plot concerns the turbulent history of the fallen aristocrats ..

The Castle of Otranto

Horace Walpole

The Castle of Otranto is a 1764 novel by Horace Walpole. It is generally regarded as the first gothic novel. In the second edition, Walpole applied the word 'Gothic' to the novel in the subtitle – "A ..

Barford Abbey

Susannah Gunning

Barford Abbey is a Gothic fiction novel written by Susannah Gunning, née Minifie was a British novelist. She was daughter of Reverend Dr. James Minifie. Her sister was Margaret Minifie...

The Old English Baron

Clara Reeve

The Old English Baron is a  supernatural fiction novel written by the English author Clara Reeve. The story follows the adventures of Sir Philip Harclay, who returns to medieval England to find t..

The Vampyre

John William Polidori

The Vampyre is a vampire fiction in prose written by English physician John William Polidori, and it is erroneously attributed to Lord Byron. Interestingly there was a competition between au..

The Romance of the Forest

Ann Ward Radcliffe

The night was dark and tempestuous, and at about the distance of three leagues from Paris, Peter, who now acted as postillion, having driven for some time over a wild heath where many ways crossed, st..

Portrait of a Man with Red Hair

Hugh Walpole

The only companions, he reflected, that he had taken with him on this journey were his etchings, kinder to him, more intimate with him, rewarding him with more affection than any human being. His seve..