Gothic Novels

Gothic Novels 

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Abigale Hall

Abigale Hall

Forry, Lauren A., author
2017


The asylum

The asylum

Harwood, John, 1946-
2013


The atrocities

The atrocities

Shipp, Jeremy C., author
2018


Beloved : a novel

Beloved : a novel

Morrison, Toni, author
2004

Sethe has escaped from slavery but is still haunted by her memories.

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Black Rabbit Hall

Black Rabbit Hall

Chase, Eve, author
2016


Blackwater, The Complete Saga

Blackwater, The Complete Saga

McDowell, Michael
2018

Blackwater is the saga of a small town, Perdido, Alabama, and Elinor Dammert, the stranger who arrives there under mysterious circumstances on Easter Sunday, 1919. On the surface, Elinor is gracious, charming, anxious to belong in Perdido, and eager to marry Oscar Caskey, the eldest son of Perdido's first family. But her beautiful exterior hides a shocking secret. Beneath the waters of the Perdido River, she turns into something terrifying, a creature whispered about in stories that have chilled the residents of Perdido for generations. Some of those who observe her rituals in the river will never be seen again ... Originally published as a series of six volumes in 1983, Blackwater is the crowning achievement of Michael McDowell, author of the Southern Gothic classics Cold Moon Over Babylon and The Elementals and screenwriter of Beetlejuice and The Nightmare Before Christmas . This first-ever one-volume edition, with a new introduction by Shirley Jackson Award-winning author Nathan Ballingrud, will allow a new generation of readers to discover this modern horror classic.

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The bloody chamber and other stories

The bloody chamber and other stories

Carter, Angela, 1940-1992
2015



Dragonwyck

Dragonwyck

Seton, Anya.
2005


Grief cottage

Grief cottage

Godwin, Gail, author.
2017


House of glass

House of glass

Fletcher, Susan, 1979- author
2018

June 1914 and a young woman - Clara Waterfield - is summoned to a large stone house in Gloucestershire. Her task: to fill a greenhouse with exotic plants from Kew Gardens, to create a private paradise for the owner of Shadowbrook. Yet, on arrival, Clara hears rumours: something is wrong with this quiet, wisteria-covered house. Its gardens are filled with foxgloves, hydrangea and roses; it has lily-ponds, a croquet lawn - and the marvellous new glasshouse awaits her. But the house itself feels unloved. Its rooms are shuttered, or empty. The owner is mostly absent; the housekeeper and maids seem afraid. And soon, Clara understands their fear: for something - or someone - is walking through the house at night. In the height of summer, she finds herself drawn deeper into Shadowbrook's dark interior - and into the secrets that violently haunt this house. Nothing - not even the men who claim they wish to help her - is quite what it seems.

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The little stranger

The little stranger

Waters, Sarah, 1966-, author
2009


Lost among the living

Lost among the living

St. James, Simone, author
2016


Melmoth

Melmoth

Perry, Sarah, 1979- author
2018


Mexican gothic

Mexican gothic

Moreno-Garcia, Silvia, author
2020

"The acclaimed author of Gods of Jade and Shadow returns with a darkly enchanting reimagining of Gothic fantasy, in which a spirited young woman discovers the haunting secrets of a beautiful old mansion in 1950s Mexico"-- Provided by publisher.

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My cousin Rachel

My cousin Rachel

Du Maurier, Daphne, Dame, 1907-1998
2007



Plain bad heroines : a novel

Plain bad heroines : a novel

Danforth, Emily M., author
2020

1902, the Brookhants School for Girls. Flo and Clara are obsessed with each other and with Mary MacLane, the author of a scandalous bestselling memoir. The girls establish their own private club and call it the Plain Bad Heroine Society. Their bodies are discovered in a nearby apple orchard, with a copy of Mary's book splayed beside them, the victims of a swarm of stinging, angry yellow jackets. within five years three more people die on the property-- and the Brookhants School for Girls closes its doors forever. The now abandoned and crumbling Brookhants is back in the news when writer Merritt Emmons publishes a breakout book celebrating the queer, feminist history surrounding the "haunted and cursed" Gilded Age institution. Her book inspires a controversial horror film adaptation starring lesbian 'It' girl Harper Harper playing the ill-fated heroine Flo, and former child star Audrey Wells as Clara. But as Brookhants opens its gates once again for filming, soon it's impossible to tell where the curse leaves off and Hollywood begins.-- Adapted from jacket.

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The silent companions

The silent companions

Purcell, Laura, author
2018


Southern cross the dog

Southern cross the dog

Cheng, Bill, author
2013

In the tradition of Cormac McCarthy and Flannery O'Connor, an epic debut novel set in Mississippi during Jim Crow, in which a young man endures extraordinary circumstances and is ultimately forced to choose between the lure of the future and the claims of the past. An incredibly daring and powerful debut. Print run 50,000.

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The thirteenth tale

The thirteenth tale

Setterfield, Diane
2007

Margaret, a reclusive biographer is asked to write the biography of an equally reclusive famous author, Vida Winter. Margaret is captivated by the power of Vida's storytelling. But when she goes to check up on Vida's story she experiences a journey of truth that is both chilling and transforming. A wonderfully atmospheric and haunting debut reminiscent of "Wuthering Heights".

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Those across the river

Those across the river

Buehlman, Christopher
2011


The toll

The toll

Priest, Cherie, author
2019

State Road 177 runs along the Suwannee River, between Fargo, Georgia, and the Okefenokee Swamp. Drive that route from east to west, and you'll cross six bridges. Take it from west to east, and you might find seven. But you'd better hope not. Titus and Davina Bell leave their hotel in Fargo for a second honeymoon canoeing the Okefenokee Swamp. But shortly before they reach their destination, they draw up to a halt at the edge of a rickety bridge with old stone pilings, with room for only one car . . . When, much later, a tow-truck arrives, the driver finds Titus lying in the middle of the road, but Davina is nowhere to be found.

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We have always lived in the castle

We have always lived in the castle

Jackson, Shirley, 1916-1965
1962


The woman in the mirror

The woman in the mirror

James, Rebecca, 1970- author
2020

"Rebecca James unveils a chilling modern gothic novel of a family consumed by the shadows and secrets of its past in The Woman in the Mirror. For more than two centuries, Winterbourne Hall has stood atop a bluff overseeing the English countryside of Cornwall and the sea beyond. In 1947, Londoner Alice Miller accepts a post as governess at Winterbourne, looking after Captain Jonathan de Grey's twin children. Falling under the de Greys' spell, Alice believes the family will heal her own past sorrows. But then the twins' adoration becomes deceitful and taunting. Their father, ever distant, turns spiteful and cruel. The manor itself seems to lash out. Alice finds her surroundings subtly altered, her air slightly chilled. Something malicious resents her presence, something clouding her senses and threatening her very sanity. In present day New York, art gallery curator Rachel Wright has learned she is a descendant of the de Greys and heir to Winterbourne. Adopted as an infant, she never knew her birth parents or her lineage. At long last, Rachel will find answers to questions about her identity that have haunted her entire life. But what she finds in Cornwall is a devastating tragic legacy that has afflicted generations of de Greys. A legacy borne from greed and deceit, twisted by madness, and suffused with unrequited love and unequivocal rage"-- Provided by publisher.

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