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What's your favorite horror Gothic novel?
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10-11-2007, 06:22 PM
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What's your favorite horror Gothic novel?
What's your favorite horror Gothic novel?
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10-26-2007, 11:00 PM
Post: #2
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RE: What's your favorite horror Gothic novel?
"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.
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10-28-2007, 09:10 PM
Post: #3
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RE: What's your favorite horror Gothic novel?
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.
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10-28-2007, 10:41 PM
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RE: What's your favorite horror Gothic novel?
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. |
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12-27-2008, 10:49 AM
Post: #5
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RE: What's your favorite horror Gothic novel?
Dracula... I love it. It's my all time favourite novel.
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03-28-2009, 12:53 PM
Post: #6
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RE: What's your favorite horror Gothic novel?
Heathcliffe's girl. Wrote:Dracula... I love it. It's my all time favourite novel. DITTO! 
Scarlet fruit of romantic Gothic atmosphere: rich colours, lovely costumes and interiors, atmospheric set design... no touches of Whitechapel sewers!  For the memory of my sweet amber-eyed mother who is in Heaven (1932-2007) |
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06-17-2009, 07:26 AM
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RE: What's your favorite horror Gothic novel?
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.
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12-30-2009, 02:44 AM
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RE: What's your favorite horror Gothic novel?
nice post.......
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01-04-2010, 09:50 AM
Post: #9
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RE: What's your favorite horror Gothic novel?
(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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