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60 Gothic Classics Oct 17, 2018 22:54:29 GMT

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Free on Kindle. Includes

Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto

William Godwin, Caleb Williams

Ann Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Udolpho, The Italian

Matthew Lewis, The Monk

Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

Thomas Peacock, Nightmare Abbey

Edgar Allen Poe, quite a few

John Polidori, The Vampyre

Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Charles Maturin, Melmoth the Wanderer

James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

H G Wells, The Island of Doctor Moreau

W W Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw

Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

Lots more.

I think The Monkey's Paw is the best horror story ever written.

Flying Monkeys M Posts: 48,207	60 Gothic Classics Oct 18, 2018 17:34:22 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Flying Monkeys on Oct 18, 2018 17:34:22 GMT Sounds like some good stuff in there. I'll check out The Monkey's Paw.
	It's insanity gone mad!

Deleted Deleted Member Posts: 0	60 Gothic Classics Oct 18, 2018 17:55:26 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2018 17:55:26 GMT No Lovecraft?

Colin Sibthorpe Xenia Onatopp Posts: 1,979	60 Gothic Classics Oct 18, 2018 23:51:26 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Colin Sibthorpe on Oct 18, 2018 23:51:26 GMT He's probably still in copyright.

Colin Sibthorpe Xenia Onatopp Posts: 1,979	60 Gothic Classics Oct 18, 2018 23:55:32 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Colin Sibthorpe on Oct 18, 2018 23:55:32 GMT I also recently got The Complete Supernatural Stories of Rudyard Kipling. I didn't even know he'd written that sort of stuff. So far I've only read one, about a weretiger (or maybe a wereleopard).

yggdrasil Miss Moneypenny Posts: 26,963	60 Gothic Classics Oct 19, 2018 13:41:41 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by yggdrasil on Oct 19, 2018 13:41:41 GMT Oct 18, 2018 17:55:26 GMT @hux said: No Lovecraft? I got the whole works free on Kindle not long ago, they come up every now and then.

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60 Gothic Classics Nov 8, 2018 21:03:10 GMT

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Oct 17, 2018 22:54:29 GMT Colin Sibthorpe said:

Free on Kindle. Includes

Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto

William Godwin, Caleb Williams

Ann Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Udolpho, The Italian

Matthew Lewis, The Monk

Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

Thomas Peacock, Nightmare Abbey

Edgar Allen Poe, quite a few

John Polidori, The Vampyre

Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Charles Maturin, Melmoth the Wanderer

James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

H G Wells, The Island of Doctor Moreau

W W Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw

Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

Lots more.

I think The Monkey's Paw is the best horror story ever written.

Exceptional!!

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Flying Monkeys M Posts: 48,207	60 Gothic Classics Nov 10, 2018 12:03:11 GMT Lilith likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Flying Monkeys on Nov 10, 2018 12:03:11 GMT Just ordered the book version (The Monkey's Paw and The Toll House), will be here on Monday.
	Last Edit: Nov 10, 2018 12:03:47 GMT by Flying Monkeys It's insanity gone mad!

Flying Monkeys M Posts: 48,207	60 Gothic Classics Dec 1, 2018 8:34:22 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Flying Monkeys on Dec 1, 2018 8:34:22 GMT Read it yesterday (The Monkey's Paw). What was his third wish??? I'd like to see (i.e. read) a longer version. There's some very good stuff here.
	Last Edit: Dec 1, 2018 8:34:37 GMT by Flying Monkeys It's insanity gone mad!

Colin Sibthorpe Xenia Onatopp Posts: 1,979	60 Gothic Classics Dec 5, 2018 5:11:11 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Colin Sibthorpe on Dec 5, 2018 5:11:11 GMT The third wish was for the second wish to be undone - that's why the knocking stopped.

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