I read Wuthering Heights some years ago and found myself repulsed by it. Just recently, I reread it, determined to give it another chance. I think, looking back, that my own life was in such turmoil at the time of my first reading, that I was unable to fully understand the book. As you mentioned, it is so often held up as a great love story and that is not what it is at all. It's a horrible love story, but a masterwork of obsession and revenge. I am so glad I decided to give it another chance. As for Uncle Silas, I had to stop the video at the moment I learned you were going to speak about Uncle Silas. I am reading it right now and enjoying it immensely. I first read Carmilla, which I also enjoyed and I'm looking forward to reading more of Le Fanu's works.
Dorian Gray isnt a but the prose is so magnificent, well written novel, great satire of society and human vanity. Oscar Wilde is feeding us great quotes pages after pages....
Northanger Abbey is an amusing take on the classic gothic novel. Within the story is a listing of seven very popular gothics typically called: Jane Austen’s Seven Horrid Novels. They are completely from the genre and most interesting.
I really need to read Phantom of the Opera. Somehow it wasn't even on my goodreads list. I couldn't get into Rebecca, which makes me sad, because I really expected to like it. Dracula is one of my favorites of all time!
Yeah, Rebecca is a kinda weird example of Gothic, surprisingly given how popular it is. It's more on the fridges of Gothic with its psychological thriller elements. Dracula is so well written and dope!
Thanks for this, and I am glad you chose Le Fanu. He has some really good ghost stories as well. By the way, have you seen the film version of Rebecca? It's quite good although they had to change the ending to avoid the censors.
Thank you! I'm glad to find another Le Fanu fan. I sadly have not seen the film adaptation of Rebecca yet. May need to put that on my Halloween Movie list for this year!
