Melmoth the Wanderer
By: Charles Robert Maturin , Victor Sage
3.68
Format: None pages, Paperback
Created by an Irish clergyman, Melmoth is one of the most fiendish characters in literature. In a s…
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1. The Castle of Otranto
By: Horace Walpole
3.18
Format: 125 pages, Paperback
First published pseudonymously in 1764, The Castle of Otranto purported to be a translation of an I… read more
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- gothic
- classics
- literature
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
"My soul abhors a falsehood"-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"This life is but a pilgrimage."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"Heaven mocks the short-sighted views of man."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"I fear no bad angel, and have offended no good one."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
2. Les Chants de Maldoror
By: Comte de Lautréamont , Guy Wernham
4.15
Format: 342 pages, Paperback
The macabre but beautiful work Les Chants de Maldoror has achieved a considerable reputation as one… read more
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- gothic
- classics
- 19th century
- literature
- fiction
- horror
"...the police, that shield of civilization..."-Comte de Lautréamont, Les Chants de Maldoror
"I received life like a wound and I have forbidden suicide to heal the scar."-Comte de Lautréamont, Les Chants de Maldoror
"Qui donc, sur la tête, me donne des coups de barre de fer, comme un marteau frappant l'enclume?"-Comte de Lautréamont, Les Chants de Maldoror
"I will state in a few lines that Maldoror was good during his first year, when he lived happily; that is a fact. Then he realised he was born malicious: an extraordinary fate! ... Who would have thou…"-Comte de Lautréamont, Les Chants de Maldoror
3. In a Glass Darkly
By: J. Sheridan Le Fanu
4.00
Format: 50 pages, Paperback
This remarkable collection of stories, first published in 1872, includes Green Tea, The Familiar, M… read more
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- gothic
- classics
- 19th century
- fiction
- horror
4. The Last Man
By: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
4.02
Format: None pages, Paperback
A futuristic story of tragic love and of the gradual extermination of the human race by plague, The… read more
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- gothic
- classics
- fiction
- horror
5. Sigil Witchery: A Witch's Guide to Crafting Magick Symbols
By: Laura Tempest Zakroff
3.82
Format: None pages, Paperback
Sigils are powerful magical marks, designed to invoke spirits and deities, influence people, provid… read more
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6. Undine
By: Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué , None , Fanny Elizabeth Bunnett
3.94
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Most artistic of all the continental weird tales is the German classic Undine (1814), by Friedrich… read more
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- 19th century
- classics
- fantasy
- fiction
7. The Mysteries of Udolpho
By: Ann Radcliffe , Jacqueline Howard
4.18
Format: 213 pages, Paperback
With The Mysteries of Udolpho, Ann Radcliffe raised the Gothic romance to a new level and inspired … read more
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8. The Italian: Or the Confessional of the Black Penitents
By: Ann Radcliffe , Robert Miles
4.18
Format: 213 pages,
From the first moment Vincentio di Vivaldi, a young nobleman, sets eyes on the veiled figure of Ell… read more
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- classics
- literature
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- horror
9. The Nun
By: Denis Diderot , Russell Goulbourne
4.22
Format: None pages, Paperback
Diderot's The Nun (La Religieuse) is the seemingly true story of a young girl forced by her parents… read more
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- literature
- classics
- fiction
10. Prometheus Rising
By: Israel Regardie , Robert Anton Wilson
4.35
Format: 104 pages, Paperback
Imagine trying to make sense of an amalgam of Timothy Leary's eight neurological circuits, G.I. Gur… read more
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11. Vathek
By: William Beckford
3.50
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
Beckford's Gothic novel, Vathek, an Arabian tale, was originally written in French when the author … read more
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- gothic
- classics
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13. Melmoth the Wanderer
By: Charles Robert Maturin , Victor Sage
3.68
Format: None pages, Paperback
Created by an Irish clergyman, Melmoth is one of the most fiendish characters in literature. In a s… read more
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- gothic
- classics
- 19th century
- literature
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
14. Uncle Silas
By: J. Sheridan Le Fanu , Victor Sage
4.26
Format: 91 pages, Paperback
One of the most significant and intriguing Gothic novels of the Victorian period and is enjoyed tod… read more
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15. The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
By: James Hogg , John Carey
3.88
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
James Hogg wrote about the supernatural powerfully and convincingly, especially in his best-known n… read more
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16. The King in Yellow
By: Robert W. Chambers
3.55
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
One of the leading examples of Victorian-gothic horror, The King in Yellow is a collection of ten i… read more
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- gothic
- classics
- 19th century
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
"Selby never knew why, but he suddenly began to buy flowers."-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow
"Strange in the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies But Stranger still is Lost Carcosa."-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow
"I pray God will curse the writer, as the writer has cursed the world with this beautiful, stupendous creation, terrible in its simplicity, irresistible in its truth..."-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow
"No, he is not vicious, nor is he in the least demented. His mind is a wonder chamber, from which he can extract treasures that you and I would give years of our life to acquire."-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow
17. The Monk
By: None
4.71
Format: None pages, Paperback
Set in the sinister monastery of the Capuchins in Madrid, this is a violent tale of ambition, murde… read more
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18. Caleb Williams
By: William Godwin , Maurice Hindle
4.33
Format: 57 pages, Paperback
When honest young Caleb Williams comes to work as a secretary for Squire Falkland, he soon begins t… read more
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19. A Voyage to Arcturus
By: John Clute , David Lindsay , Loren Eiseley
3.08
Format: 354 pages, Paperback
A stunning achievement in speculative fiction, A Voyage to Arcturushas inspired, enchanted, and uns… read more
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20. Castle Rackrent
By: Maria Edgeworth
3.79
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Set in Ireland prior to its achieving legislative independence from Britain in 1782, Castle Rackren… read more
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21. Melmoth
By: Sarah Perry
3.43
Format: None pages, Audiobook
For centuries, the mysterious dark-robed figure has roamed the globe, searching for those whose com… read more
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- gothic
- fantasy
- fiction
- horror
"I wonder, when God permitted us to fall, if He knew we'd fall so far."-Sarah Perry, Melmoth
"So we have free will I suppose." "More's the pity. I always thought it would be rather relaxing to have one's life organised by the Fates."-Sarah Perry, Melmoth
"This melancholy company is curiously consoling. It is restful to be exempted from the obligation to find, in every spire and pinnacle of the mother of cities, reason to wonder and delight."-Sarah Perry, Melmoth
"My reader, my dear- you know her, you have been waiting for her: it is the witness, the wandering woman- the punished world's wickedness unfolds! Oh beloved one, my companion- it is I, Melmoth, whose…"-Sarah Perry, Melmoth
