"The Castle of Otranto" [1764] by Horace Walpole tells the story of Manfred, lord of the castle and his family. "Vathek" [1786] by William Beckfor...
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Aug 22, 2010
Konstanze
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I'm a sucker for Gothic novels - they're my guilty pleasure. But, with all the fair damsels in distress, dark castles, dashing heroes and villaineous villains, the eye-rolling starts to overshadow the giggle factor at some point. (I do realize that these books were the first of this genre so that it's sort of unfair to complain about the overuse of tropes.) Nightmare Abbey, the last novel in this collection, poking fun at said tropes was a breathe of fresh air and had many a laughing out loud mo
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