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GOTHIC FICTIONGOTHIC FICTIONCastle or old building setting:•Often contains:
• secret passages• trap doors• secret rooms• trick panels with hidden
levers• dark or hidden staircases• possibly ruined sections
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FRANKENSTEIN By Mary Shelley
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THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY By Oscar Wilde
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THE BLACK BOOK OF SECRETSBy F E Higgins
GOTHIC FICTIONGOTHIC FICTIONAtmosphere:•Mystery and suspense•Threatening feeling•Fear enhanced by the unknown
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NORTHANGER ABBEY By JaneAusten
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SUCH WICKED INTENTBy Kenneth Oppel
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THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
By Gaston Leroux
GOTHIC FICTIONGOTHIC FICTIONPlot drive by mysteries:•Characters often only see a glimpse of something•Common mysteries:• Unknown parentage• Disappearance• Some other
unexplainable event
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THE STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE By R L Stevenson
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A MONSTER CALLSBy Patrick Ness
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THE KISS OF DEATHBy MarcusSedgwick
GOTHIC FICTIONGOTHIC FICTIONHeightened emotions:•Deep anger or sorrow•Lots of terror•Feeling of doom•Crying and emotional speeches
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WUTHERING HEIGHTS By Emily Bronte
GOTHIC FICTIONGOTHIC FICTIONAncient prophecy:•In connection to the castle and those that live in it•Usually rather confusing
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THE ISLAND OF DR MOREAU By H G Wells
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HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAMEBy Victor Hugo
GOTHIC FICTIONGOTHIC FICTIONOmens and predictions:•Characters may have disturbing dreams•Visions of threats or dangers are common
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DRACULA By Bram Stoker
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THE PIT AND THE PENDULUMBy Edgar Allan Poe
