#gothic novels

[blackrosesandwhump]

I was at a crowded old bookstore in the middle of nowhere the other day, and I kid you not, they had an entire section dedicated to pulp Gothic novels from the 70s and 80s.

I was absolutely delighted. And I wish I’d bought at least one of them.

The section was so crowded, some of the books were in boxes like the one above.

Gothic writers’ heaven!

#not whump #gothic novels #gothic writing #gothic literature #bookstore #books #old books #writeblr #gothic romance #gothic horror #bookblr #book life #gothic fiction

[speakingparts]

The Fall of the House of Usher Mike Flanagan, 2023

#mike flanagan #great directors #movies #serie #cinema #edgar allan poe #literature #gothic novels #Matt Biedel #man is the cruelest animal #The Fall of the House of Usher #tv serie #netflix #heroes #horror #nervermore #Carla Gugino #Graham Verchere #zach gilford #Bruce Greenwood #Katie Parker #Crystal Balint #Ruth Codd #Kyliegh Curran #Michael Trucco #Sauriyan Sapkota #Rahul Kohli #Kate Siegel #Willa Fitzgerald #Mary McDonnell

[nyxshadowhawk]

Dorian has gone full supervillain.

*SPOILERS*

We’re never told exactly what Dorian blackmails Alan Campbell with, but...

...you fill in the blank.

It occured to me while reading this scene that the reason Dorian and Alan broke up might not just be because of Dorian’s reputation, but becuase Dorian is an abusive boyfriend. That’s already kind of obvious given how he treated Sibyl, but throughout this scene, Dorian hits quite a few abusive partner beats. Specifically, the “you made me do this” lines that he keeps throwing at Alan.

“I tried to spare you. You will do me the justice to admit that. You were stern, harsh, offensive. You treated me as no man has ever dared to treat me—no living man, at any rate. I bore it all. Now it is for me to dictate terms.”

Dorian probably treats all his partners like this! He treats them badly and then makes them feel like it’s their fault. He threatens them with social ruin if they don’t do what he wants (and his own reputation is already in the gutter, so he won’t take much damage if he tells everyone about the kinky things he and his partner did in bed). And then he hits them with that “look of pity,” as if to say, “this will hurt you way more than it hurts me.”

He also always puts his own needs and emotions first, and acts extremely entitled about it. He says about Basil, whom he murdered, “You don’t know what he had made me suffer.” He seems to think (or at least, he tells himself) that acts of violence or cruelty are justified if the person made him feel bad. The whole reason he’s blackmailing Alan into disposing of a body is because he’s incapable of taking responsibility for anything.

So, if you see Dorian, don’t date him. No matter how pretty he is.

#dorian gray #dorian gray weekly #the picture of dorian gray #gothic literature #gothic novels #gothic lit #oscar wilde #alan campbell #literary analysis #literary criticism

[academicgoblin]

𝔦𝔪𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔶: 𝔞 𝔩𝔬𝔳𝔢 𝔰𝔱𝔬𝔯𝔶 —𝔡𝔞𝔫𝔞 𝔰𝔠𝔥𝔴𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔷

#these books are so pretty #books #bookaesthetic #aesthetic #immortality #darkacademia #dark academia aesthetic #library #romance novels #romance #soft academia #mine #gothic novels #gothic romance #pretty books #anatomy a love story #immortality a love story #dana schwartz

[deathsmallcaps]

I would’ve sworn up and down that there’s a book out there based on both Frankenstein and Jane Eyre (or possibly a story of Jane Austen’s) and that I learned about it via a tumblr post. Does anyone have any idea?

Jane stays on the moors longer and meets FM, and they’re buddies for a while. I don’t think they get together? But I would make them fall in love

#if no one has thought of this yet then no stealing :) :p #Jane eyre #mary shelley #frankenstein #gothic novels #classic novels #Jane Austen

[moominofthevalley]

in a past life, i was probably some gothic horror eighteenth-century writer who burned all her works before dying tragically and i actually don’t even believe in past lives (sorry celine song) this is just my dramatic way of saying i love gothic horror. that is all.

#writing is going great guys.... #choices #gothic horror #crimes of passion #gothic novels

[suguruslut]

Watched Frankenstein (1931) and the first thing I see is "based on the novel by Mrs. Percey Shelley."

THE DISRESPECT 😤😤 I was fuming for half the movie lol

#her name is mary motherfucking shelley #frankenstein #mary shelley #gothic novels #frankenstein book #victor frankenstein #Frankenstein 1931 #old movies #horror #gothic horror #monsters #epistolary #female writers #female authors #literature #classic books

[leebrontide]

Who is writing really gothic, beautiful, evocative prose in scifi these days? Bonus points for YA or NA, but not required.

(otherwise I'm just gonna revisit Marianne Kirby's excellent Dust Bath Revival. Which I may do anyways because it's excellent)

#book recs #book rec #bookblr #writeblr #gothic #gothic novels

[jekyllshighheels]

I really liked this one illustration from "Frankenstein" so i tried to redraw it in my style.- Zapato⚜️

#Frankenstein #the modern prometheus #traditional art #pencil drawing #illustration #gothic novels #gothic literature #victor frankenstein #book #dont know how to tag this #drawing #art

[wittsandmessenger]

Hell is empty

and

all the devils

are here

#books #writer #indie authors of tumblr #author #dark academic aesthetic #gothic fiction #indie authors #lesbian fiction #queer fiction #dark acadamia quotes #dark moodboard #dark academia moodboard #secret society #the order of Athena #brought to heel #gothic #gothic novels #gothic aesthetic

[mysterioustownlass]

Forever trapped between the atmosphere of the Romantic era, where I stand in the middle of a fragrant garden, dressed in a tea dress, full of hopes and dreams, like one of the heroines of Jane Austen's books, and the atmosphere of the Victorian era, where I sit in solitude in my room while a black raven knocks on my window, and I think about the darkness and the transience of life, and nothing more.

#period drama #gothic novels #gothic fiction #gothic heroine #jane austen #1800s #victorian #romantic era

[witchqueenofthemoon]

The incredible cover art I commissioned from Aritz Palacin Albeniz (@haticaughtthemoon) for my gothic novel, HILLAM HALL, presented here in its entirety. 

The book: Hardcover. Paperback. Ebook. Audiobook. 

Find more of Aritz's art on Instagram and Etsy.

#aritz palacin albeniz #hillam hall #sandy settle #gothic #gothic art #gothic novels #horror art #eldritch art #gothic horror #gothic artists

[speakingparts]

The Fall of the House of Usher Mike Flanagan, 2023

#mike flanagan #great directors #movies #serie #cinema #edgar allan poe #literature #gothic novels #Matt Biedel #man is the cruelest animal #The Fall of the House of Usher #tv serie #netflix #heroes #horror #nervermore #Carla Gugino #Graham Verchere #zach gilford #Bruce Greenwood #Katie Parker #Crystal Balint #Ruth Codd #Kyliegh Curran #Michael Trucco #Sauriyan Sapkota #Rahul Kohli #Kate Siegel #Willa Fitzgerald #Mary McDonnell

[nyxshadowhawk]

Dorian Gray by Pti-SPB

#dorian gray #the picture of dorian gray #gothic literature #gothic novels #gothic lit #gothic lit art #oscar wilde #beautiful men #creepy portrait #gothic #dorian

[gothhabiba]

all of these "my aesthetic is a heroine in a Gothic novel running through a dilapidated castle in a white nightgown carrying a guttering candle" takes well I want to be Blanche's father's ageing housekeeper in Ann Radcliffe's Mysteries of Udolpho who gets to live in a dilapidated castle IN PEACE AND ALONE because the master no longer lives there so she just gets paid to keep certain rooms like, mostly clean I guess. and when she doesn't want to live in it anymore because it's too big she goes and lives in a little cottage by the castle which btw is in a completely idyllic pre-enclosure spot right off the Mediterranean nestled into the base of the Pyrenees and it's the mid-1500s. so. we are not the same

#goth #gothic novels #literature #personal #The Mysteries of Udolpho

[brudnyalgoryrm]

I love Carmilla but...

I love Carmilla, the novel, but I hate, with great passion, the ending of it. I knew how the story will end. But it feels different when You read, and slowly acquaint yourself with Mircalla. How she was filled with sorrow and suppressed passion. It was heartbreaking to read the scene describing her end. It's been a while since anything has made me feel emotions. I heard there is a re-imagining of this story where Carmilla and Laura are living happily as a couple, but this novel seems to be cringy. Also, there is Carmilla: The Wolves of Styria that was written by different authors but in collaboration with Le Fanu, but I'm afraid it will end in the same way as the original, leaving me heartbroken and agitated. I had plans to print Carmilla, since a physical copy is no longer available in my national language. But it's tempting to rewrite the ending.

#carmilla #vampires #vampire novel #Sheridan Le Fanu #gothic novels #vampire #gothic