A list of some of the most famous books that kick-started the Gothic genre. Traditional Gothic saw the birth of famous tropes such as disguise, damsels in distress, and dingy dungeons. But which traditional gothic books earned their fame? This is a ranked list of some of the most entertaining and sensationalist fiction from 1764-1920, paying homage to the authors that made the gothic famous.
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A Christmas Carol
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
The Turn of the Screw
The Woman in White
Wuthering Heights
Collected Ghost Stories
The withered arm and other stories, 1874-1888
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