07-31-2010, 04:39 AM
I like the Victorian time period best for my favorite gothics, though about anything before the introduction of the telephone is fine. I recently tried one gothic romance by Patricia Werner and I even thought the author had made an error when she mentioned the heroine calling her friend and it was not yet the 1900s. As Google is my friend and teacher, I learned this was quite possible of course, but it was a complete moodbreaker for me. The book is in the to-be-discarded-someway-box now.
As for Mrs. Danvers, I think she is definitely evil, but I'm not sure she was mad. Perhaps a little bit, like almost everybody has his/her moments of insanity.
As for Mrs. Danvers, I think she is definitely evil, but I'm not sure she was mad. Perhaps a little bit, like almost everybody has his/her moments of insanity.