Gothic Fiction

Frankenstein; Or, the Modern Prometheus

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

This work is a blend of science‑fiction, horror, and Gothic fiction, introduced through a series of…

Dracula

Bram Stoker

The novel is an epistolary horror that begins with a series of journal entries from the English solicitor…

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë

The novel opens as a framed narrative, with the newcomer Mr.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

The novel opens with a sprawling preface in which Oscar Wilde lays out his aesthetic creed, insisting that…

The Yellow Wallpaper

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The story is a first‑person psychological sketch that opens with a newly‑wed couple, John, a pragmatic…

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2

Edgar Allan Poe

The volume gathers Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories, fantasy fiction, and horror tales, all rooted in…

The Mysteries of Udolpho

Ann Ward Radcliffe

The opening places the reader in 1584 on the banks of the Garonne, where the modest château of Monsieur St.

The Turn of the Screw

Henry James

The opening places us in a cramped Victorian drawing‑room where a group of acquaintances huddle around a…

The Monk: A Romance

M. G. Lewis

The Monk is a Gothic romance that blends horror, religious intrigue, and a richly detailed Spanish setting.

The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson

The work is a Victorian‑era psychological thriller that blends science‑fiction speculation with gothic…

The Phantom of the Opera

Gaston Leroux

The Phantom of the Opera is a Gothic melodrama that intertwines horror, musical intrigue, and Parisian…

Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen

Northanger Abbey is a satirical novel that also dabbles in gothic romance, set against the backdrop of…

Carmilla

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Carmilla is a Gothic novella that blends the conventions of young‑women fiction with a chilling vampire tale.

The Castle of Otranto

Horace Walpole

The Castle of Otranto is the first full‑blown gothic novel, a horror tale that intertwines the anxieties of…

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

Thomas De Quincey

Thomas De Quincey’s Confessions of an English Opium‑Eater is a first‑person autobiographical essay that…

The Vampyre; a Tale

John William Polidori

The work is a Gothic horror tale that begins with a long, rambling travelogue through the lakeside region of…

Mosses from an old manse

Nathaniel Hawthorne

The work is a short‑story collection by Nathaniel Hawthorne that opens with an elaborate, almost lyrical…

The Monkey's Paw The Lady of the Barge and Others, Part 2.

W. W. Jacobs

Wieland; Or, The Transformation: An American Tale

Charles Brockden Brown

Caleb Williams; Or, Things as They Are

William Godwin

Le Horla

Guy de Maupassant

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

James Hogg

The Lair of the White Worm

Bram Stoker

The Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Old Time English