Gothic Romantic and Sensational Fiction: Classics
Explore timeless Gothic, Romantic, and Sensational fiction classics. Discover haunting tales, passionate romances, and thrilling narratives from iconic authors in this curated collection of literary masterpieces.
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Zeluco
by John Moore
"The romantic will love to shudder at Udolpho; but those of mature age, who know what human nature is, will take up again and again …
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Zofloya
by Charlotte Dacre
This is the first edition for nearly 200 years of an unduly neglected work, originally published in 1806, by an intriguing and unconventional woman writer. …
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The Bravo of Venice
by Matthew Lewis
In the dark alleys and back streets of Venice lurks an uncontrollable evil: Aballino, The Bravo of Venice. When the Neapolitan Count Rosalvo is called …
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The Monk
by Matthew Lewis
‘Few could sustain the glance of his eye, at once fiery and penetrating’ Savaged by critics for its supposed profanity and obscenity, and bought in …
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Manfroné, Or, The One-handed Monk
by Mary Anne Radcliffe
"Manfrone; or, The One-Handed Monk" (1809) opens with one of the most unforgettable scenes in all of Gothic literature when a lascivious monk enters the …
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Gondez the Monk
by William Henry Ireland
The first modern reprinting of Shakespeare forger and novelist Ireland's 1805 Gothic classic "Gondez the Monk" tells the tale of King Robert Bruce, who following …
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Vathek
by William Beckford
Vathek (1786), originally written in French, remains one of the strangest eighteenth-century novels and one of the most difficult to classify. Perverse and grotesque comedy …
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Ethelwina, Or, the House of Fitz-Auburne
by T. J. Horsley Curties
Leopold, Lord of St. Iver, sets his sights on the beautiful young Ethelwina, Countess of Auburne, and determines to possess her body and her estates. …
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Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë
Jane Eyre, the story of a young girl and her passage into adulthood, was an immediate commercial success at the time of its original publication …
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The Italian, Or, The Confessional of the Black Penitents
by Ann Ward Radcliffe
First published in 1797, The Italian is Ann Radcliffe's classic creation of Gothic romance. Set against the backdrop of the Holy Inquisition, the narrative revolves …
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The Romance of the Forest
by Ann Ward Radcliffe
This novel is the epitome of the Gothic novel - a beautiful, orphaned heiress, a dashing hero, a dissolute, aristocratic villain and a ruined abbey …
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The Recess, Or, A Tale of Other Times
by Sophia Lee
First published in an era when most novels about young women concentrated on courtship and marriage, this novel portrays women involved in political intrigues and …
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The Two Emilys
by Sophia Lee
Although Sophia Lee is best known for her historical romance about the fictive daughters of Mary, Queen of Scots, The Recess (1783-85), her The Two …
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Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
No novel in English has given more pleasure than Pride and Prejudice—one of the great classics in literature. Critics in every generation reexamine and reinterpret …
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Persuasion
by Jane Austen
Jane Austen's beloved and subtly subversive final novel of romantic tension and second chances. Now a motion picture from Netflix starring Dakota Johnson and Henry …
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The Bride of Lammermoor
by Walter Scott
The plans of Edgar, Master of Ravenswood to regain his ancient family estate from the corrupt Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland are …
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The Woman in White (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (Barnes & Noble Classics)
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In a Glass Darkly
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by unknown publisher
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The House by the Churchyard
by Sheridan Le Fanu
Set in the village of Chapelizod, near Dublin, in the 1760s, the story opens with the accidental disinterment of an old skull in the churchyard, …
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Uncle Silas
by Sheridan Le Fanu
LeFanu's Silas is the dark doppelganger to his brother Austin Ruthyn. When Austin dies and his daughter Maud is sent to live with her brooding …
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Cousin Bette
by Honoré de Balzac
Cousin Bette (1846) is considered to be Balzac's last great novel, and a key work in his Human Comedy. Set in the Paris of the …
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The Nocturnal Minstrel
by Eleanor Sleath
Baroness Gertrude learns that her husband has been killed in a war against France, making her a rich widow. Suitors vie for the widow's hand …
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The Orphan of the Rhine
by Eleanor Sleath
Eleanor Sleath was a British author wellknown for her 1798 novel The Orphan of the Rhine. The novel, subtitled A Romance, was published in four …
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The Haunted Palace, Or the Horrors of Ventoliene
by Mrs. R. P. M. Yorke
Beneath the ruins of the Palace at Ventoliene lies a dark and diabolic society. When Edward Fitzallan accidently stumbles upon their secret the forces and …
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The Castle of Berry Pomeroy
by Edward Montague
Edward Montague adapts the legends surrounding the castle into a Gothic tale of horror, jealousy, and revenge. The Lady Elinor de Pomeroy, envious that her …
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Secresy - Second Edition
by Eliza Fenwick
Secresy was Eliza Fenwick’s only work for adults—a fact that may help to explain why this extraordinary novel has been so thoroughly overlooked. On one …
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The Spectre of Lanmere Abbey and the Child of Mystery
by Sarah Wilkinson
This Zittaw edition brings together two of Sarah Wilkinson's forgotten novels: The Spectre of Lanmere Abbey and The Child of Mystery. Though long forgotten and …
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Charles Brockden Brown: Three Gothic Novels (LOA #103)
by Charles Brockden Brown
An elderly mystic dies of spontaneous combustion in a secret temple. A young man is haunted by voices instructing him to slaughter his wife and …
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Ormond
by Charles Brockden Brown
Brown is often called the first American novelist. Originally published in 1799, Ormond was inspired by enlightenment philosophers and Gothic writers. The novel engages with …
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The House of the Seven Gables
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
An old mansion in Salem, moss-covered and gabled, broods over the destiny of a distinguished but troubled New England family.
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Demons of the Night
by Joan C. Kessler
An anthology of thrillers and chillers from 19th Century France. In Theophile Gautier's The Dead in Love, a man develops an obsessive passion for a …
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The Devil in Love
by Jacques Cazotte
Yet The Devil in Love reaches beyond, as its sophisticated play of gender shifts transforms a chronicle of fatal attraction into an ironic commentary on …
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The Robbers and Wallenstein
by Friedrich Schiller
Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805) was one of the most influential of all playwrights, the author of deeply moving dramas that explored human fears, desires and ideals. …
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The Devil's Elixirs
by E. T. A. Hoffmann
The charismatic monk Medardus becomes implicated in a deadly mystery against his will. As he travels towards Rome he wrestles with the enigma of his …
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The Nun's Curse
by J. H. Riddell
Charlotte Riddell (1832-1906) who also wrote under the pseudonym F. G. Tafford, was one of the most popular and influential writers of the Victorian period. …