Three Gothic Novels: Frankenstein, Carmilla, Dracula

A Gothic novel calls forth paradoxically thrilling feelings of horror and pleasure in the reader. These dark novels feature fictitious prose saturated with mysterious adventures, supernatural horrors, fantasy, and mysticism. Family curses, vampires, ghosts, and monsters frequently appear within the storylines.Gothic novels originated in 18th century England and are the precursors to the modern hor...