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Daphne du Maurier
Feb - April 2021
Gothic

Although Daphne du Maurier is classed as a romantic novelist, her stories have been described as "moody and resonant" with overtones of the paranormal. Her novels fit more closely to the gothic literature movement. Gothic fiction is a genre of literature that combines elements of both the uncanny and romance. The effect of Gothic fiction feeds on a pleasing sort of terror, an extension of Romantic literary. Melodrama and parody (including self-parody) were other long-standing features of the Gothic movement. Prominent features of Gothic fiction include terror (both psychological and physical), mystery, the supernatural, ghosts, haunted houses and Gothic architecture, castles, darkness, death, decay, doubles, madness, secrets, and hereditary curses. The stock characters of Gothic fiction include tyrants, villains, bandits, persecuted maidens, femmes fatales, monks, nuns, madwomen, demons, angels, and the Devil himself.

Read books tagged: Gothic

Kathy's Gothic List:

1. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. Read 2/1/21.
2. The Birds & Don't Look Now by Daphne du Maurier. Read 2/8/21.
3. The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman. Read 2/11/21.
4. The Carrow Haunt by Darcy Coates. Read 3/18/21.
5. The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse. Read 4/12/21.

The Boatman's Daughter

2/3

Dracula

2/23

The Poison Thread

3/3

The Sanatorium

3/15

Sue's Gothic List:

1. The King's General by Daphne du Maurier - 4/9/2021 ~4*
2. Wildfire at Midnight by Mary Stewart - 4/11/2021 ~4*
3. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë - 4/18/2021 ~5*

Wildfire at Midnight by Mary Stewart - 4/11/2021 ~4*1. Wildfire at Midnight by Mary Stewart - 4/11/2021 ~4*



*also adding to my running list above

The Tale of Halcyon Crane

4/14

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë - 4/18/2021 ~5*



*also adding to my running list above

Daughters of the Lake

5/1