Deliciously dark and governed by a uniquely sublime aesthetic, Gothic novels have captured the spirit and imagination of readers across the globe since Horace Walpole first wrote The Castle of ...

There’s nothing quite like curling up with a gothic novel to welcome in the colder weather ... the end of the summer holidays summons (even all these years later when it’s an office we ...

Ann Radcliffe helps to define what makes a Gothic novel and enjoys massive commercial success. In her best-known novel, The Mysteries of Udolpho, Radcliffe introduces ‘the explained supernatural ...