Gothic Classics That Will Delight Every Reader

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

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Dracula by Bram Stoker

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The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole

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The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis

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The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe

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Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

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Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

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