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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

ironcagedissidence wrote 4 days ago: Frankenstein By Mary Shelley, 1818 Introduction: This was a popular novel during the Romantic Period … more →

Tags: Individual and Identity, identity, frankenstein, Individuals, Modern Society, Romantic Era, Romantic Period, romantics, Mary Shelley

What's the pleasure in terror?1 comment

puesoccurrences wrote 1 month ago: By Christina Morin. With Halloween fast approaching, I’ve been thinking a lot about why exactly peop … more →

Tags: Reviews, Books, History, Edmund Burke, Jaws

Her Fearful Symmetry: Erin's Pick of the Day

hooray4books wrote 2 months ago: Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger (adult book) Adult readers, take heart.  It’s not a … more →

Tags: Store, Reviews, independent bookstores, Adults, Audrey Niffenegger, her fearful symmetry, Time Travelers Wife, Twins, Ghosts

Rebecca

annotationnation wrote 4 months ago: book by Daphne du Maurier annotation by Tina Rubin Everything about this Gothic novel seems to be pe … more →

Tags: Annotation, Annotation Nation, Tina Rubin, Book Annotation, Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier, Suspense, cliff hanger

Everything Austen Challenge Update #2 Northanger Abbey10 comments

medicasali wrote 5 months ago: Northanger Abbey was finished this morning in the wee hours and upon turning the last page I immedia … more →

Tags: Literary, Everything Austen Challenge, Jane Austen, northanger abbey, radcliffe udolpho, Tilney

Ann Radcliffe ~ July 9, 17642 comments

Janeite Deb wrote 5 months ago: Today is the birthday of Ann (Ward) Radcliffe, author of various Gothic romances, one of the authors … more →

Tags: literary calendar, Women Writers, Authors, Ann Radcliffe, 18th Century Literature, Romance of the Forest, mysteries of udolpho

A Fantastic View of Tivoli

amphibologista wrote 6 months ago: Fantastic View of Tivoli, Hubert Robert One of the things I really enjoyed while browsing through Ro … more →

Tags: Art, Painting & Art, Art History, 18th Century, Wednesday, Painting, Hubert Robert, BRIDGE, ruined temple

Gothic Novel Appreciation Day

Victoria wrote 8 months ago: Not to be confused with Graphic Novels.    Because we are reading Radcliffe in my British Novel clas … more →

Tags: Appreciation Day, Radcliffe, Brontë, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights

Marta Acosta interviews Cynthia Leitich Smith

bronzeword wrote 9 months ago: Cynthia Leitich Smith’s Tantalizing Talk about Werewolves “Horror is a wonderful metapho … more →

Tags: Book News, Young Adult Fiction, Marta Acosta

Background

nba6f4 wrote 1 year ago: The first Gothic Novel, “Castle of Otranto”, was written by Horace Wolpone. Wolpone clai … more →

Tags: Horace Wolpone, Ann Radcliffe

Rachel wrote 1 year ago: I managed to get through today’s word count in one mad dash. 1,884 words in a little less than … more →

Tags: writer, NaNoWriMo 2008, writing, Word Count

A Review of Ron Rash's "Serena"4 comments

David H. Schleicher wrote 1 year ago: With his ambitious novel, Serena, Ron Rash creates a new American legend. The Great Depression enshr … more →

Tags: Books, Literature, Book Reviews, Historical Fiction, Novels, North Carolina, Ron Rash, serena, Shakespeare

#35 The Woman in White (1859) - Wilkie COLLINS

matttodd wrote 1 year ago: I think I may have already mentioned my love of the new Vintage Classics range, and this one has bee … more →

Tags: COLLINS Wilkie, Family, Real Estate, crime novel

Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre

Jorie wrote 1 year ago: Modern Library Version * 1001 Books Book Brontë, C. (1993). Jane Eyre. New York: Modern Library. I … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, 1001 Books Book, Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte, Fiction, Byronic hero, Charles Dickens, England, victorian novel

Rebecca hasn't lost her fascination2 comments

Linda Aragoni wrote 1 year ago: Rebecca is Daphne du Maurier’s most famous novel, and with good reason. The book’s narra … more →

Tags: 1938 Bestselling Novels, Mystery, Romance, Daphne du Maurier, Manderley

The Gospel according to Jane Eyre1 comment

womeninhisimage wrote 1 year ago: I am re-reading Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, and loving every minute of it. The language and style … more →

Tags: Christianity, Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte, Gospel, writing, English, language, Prose

Much perplexity

Laurel Ann wrote 2 years ago: PERPLEXITY To compose a letter which might at once do justice to her sentiments and her situation, c … more →

Tags: northanger abbey, Jane Austen, catherine morland, henry tilney, Eleanor Tilney, Regency, Perplexity


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