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THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO250 years since publication - the original Gothic story
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CONFESSIONS OF A JUSTIFIED SINNERInclude
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OLD ENGLISH BARONInclude
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THE RECESSInclude
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MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHOInclude
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CALEB WILLIAMS Include
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THE MONKInclude
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CASTLE OF WOLFENBACHInclude
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VATHEKInclude
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THE NECROMANCER OF THE BLACK FORESTInclude
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FRANKENSTEINInclude
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MELMOTH THE WANDERERInclude
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WIELANDInclude
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ZOFLOYAInclude
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THE ITALIANInclude
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CLERMONTInclude
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ORPHAN OF THE RHINEInclude
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THE MIDNIGHT BELLInclude
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HORRID MYSTERIESInclude
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THE VAMPYREInclude
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DRACULAInclude
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THE LAIR OF THE WHITE WORMInclude
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DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDEInclude
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TURN OF THE SCREWInclude. Some Jamesian scholars would contest the fact that it is Gothic, but it is included in all surveys of the genre.
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VARNEY THE VAMPIREInclude
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THE ROMANCE OF THE FORESTInclude
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HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLESInclude - because of 'Gothic curse' at centre and suggestion of supernatural agency. Plus the Gothic tyrant.
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THROUGH A GLASS DARKLYInclude
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THE PHANTOM RICKSHAW AND OTHER EERIE TALESInclude
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MONSIEUR MAURICEDebatably Gothic - but include, because of supernatural element, set 60 years in past and set overseas (Germany).
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UNCLE SILASInclude
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NORTHANGER ABBEYOmitted because satire
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NIGHTMARE ABBEYOmitted because satire
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ZASTROZZIInclude
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ST IRVYNEInclude
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NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYMInclude
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WAGNER THE WEHR-WOLFInclude
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A CHRISTMAS CAROLInclude
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COMPLETE TALES OF EDGAR ALLAN POEMany Gothic tales included ('Fall of the House of Usher', 'Black Cat', 'Ligea' etc)
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LILITHInclude
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JANE EYREOmitted because Gothic elements rather than actual Gothic novel
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WUTHERING HEIGHTSOmitted because Gothic elements rather than actual Gothic novel
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OLIVER TWISTOmitted because Gothic elements rather than actual Gothic novel
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BLEAK HOUSEOmitted because Gothic elements rather than actual Gothic novel
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LADY AUDLEY'S SECRETOmitted because Gothic elements rather than actual Gothic novel. Sensation novel in Wilkie Collins mould.
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OUR MUTUAL FRIENDOmitted because Gothic elements rather than actual Gothic novel
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EDWIN DROODOmitted because Gothic elements rather than actual Gothic novel
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LANCASHIRE WITCHESInclude
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THE MYSTERIES OF LONDONAlthough it deals with the underbelly of London life, there isn't actually much 'Gothic' in it. Certainly compared with Reynolds' other novel on the list - Wagner the Wehr-Wolf. Omit
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THE WOMAN IN WHITEOmitted because Gothic elements rather than actual Gothic novel
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MOONSTONEOmitted because Gothic elements rather than actual Gothic novel
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ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOREAUOmitted because Gothic elements rather than actual Gothic novel
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SHEAdventure story - but has many Gothic elements, so include.
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THE UNINHABITED HOUSEInclude
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THE YELLOW WALLPAPERInclude - uncertain if Gothic elements are a hallucination, but still Gothic atmosphere
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A PHANTOM LOVERInclude
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THE BEETLEInclude
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PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAYNot sure if it's entirely Gothic, but included in nearly all surveys of the genre - so include.
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THE GREAT GOD PANInclude
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TRILBYBorderline - omit because although there is a domineering tyrant and a persecuted virgin (the Gothic staples), there is nothing supernatural, no foreign setting, no spooky building & it is set entirely in present day.
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HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLESObviously a detective story rather than a 'straight' Gothic novel, but it plays with so many of the conventions that we have included it.
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COMPLETE TALES OF MR JAMESInclude
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REBECCAInclude. A modern Gothic melodrama.
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JAMAICA INNInclude
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CAN SUCH THINGS BE?Include. Though arguably the start of 'weird fiction' sub-genre
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GORMENGHASTInclude because clearly set in Gothic milieu and uses almost all of the conventions. A novel out of time.
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STORIES OF H.P.LOVECRAFTOmitted because seems a sub-genre ('weird fiction') and here we are focussing on eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
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NOVELS OF SHIRLEY JACKSON, ANNE RICE, STEPHEN KINGAs above, 'horror fiction' seems a sub-genre and we are focussing on eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
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The reference point for this 'Gothic list' was Andrew Smith's excellent book: Gothic Literature (Edinburgh Critical Guides). However we stopped in the early 20th century, deciding not to pursue Gothic fiction into its more modern shapes ('horror', 'Southern Gothic', 'weird fiction', 'Southern Ontario Gothic' etc). It's such a gigantic subject that we had to draw a line at this point. Besides, film produces the most notable Gothic works from about 1920 onwards (starting with 'The Cabinet of Dr Caligari'). We only kept the twentieth-century works that seemed to hark back in an obvious way to previous works of Gothic fiction (e.g. the novels of Daphne Du Maurier, Mervyn Peake, M.R.James)
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