10-11-2007, 06:22 PM
What's your favorite horror Gothic novel?
What's your favorite horror Gothic novel?
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10-11-2007, 06:22 PM
What's your favorite horror Gothic novel?
10-26-2007, 11:00 PM
"The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jakcson is an economical, riveting horror Gothic that set the literary standard for horror Gothics of the 20th century. I like my horror restrained and psychological, and this book delivers.
10-28-2007, 09:10 PM
Agreed! I also enjoyed We Have Always Lived in the Castle, also by Shirley Jackson. I found this book to be even more disturbing than Hill House.
10-28-2007, 10:41 PM
Desdemona Wrote:Agreed!  I also enjoyed We Have Always Lived in the Castle, also by Shirley Jackson.  I found this book to be even more disturbing than Hill House. Yes! Another excellent Gothic novel, very Lizzie Borden in tone.
12-27-2008, 10:49 AM
Dracula... I love it. It's my all time favourite novel.
03-28-2009, 12:53 PM
Heathcliffe's girl. Wrote:Dracula... I love it. It's my all time favourite novel. DITTO!
06-17-2009, 07:26 AM
Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia defines a gothic novel as "one characterized by horror, violence, supernatural effects, and a taste for the midieval, usually set against a background of Gothic architecture, esp. a gloomy & isolated castle." A broad category indeed. A lot could fit into it.
12-30-2009, 02:44 AM
nice post.......
01-04-2010, 09:50 AM
(10-28-2007, 09:10 PM)Desdemona Wrote: Agreed! I also enjoyed We Have Always Lived in the Castle, also by Shirley Jackson. I found this book to be even more disturbing than Hill House. I only just recently read this novel but I thought it was good too. It would make an excellent Tim Burton movie if he could stick to the darkness of it and avoid making it cute. |
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