Gothic Classics

Shadow, syntax, and feeling — fiction for readers who savor the dark.

Literary Fiction4.3

The Awakening

Kate Chopin · 1899

Moderate · 387 pp.

Gothic & Horror4.2

Carmilla

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · 1872

Accessible · 290 pp.

Gothic & Horror4.2

Dracula

Bram Stoker · 1897

Moderate · 294 pp.

Literary Fiction4.2

The Age of Innocence

Edith Wharton · 1920

Accessible · 334 pp.

Literary Fiction4.1

Notes from Underground

Fyodor Dostoyevsky · 1864

Challenging · 245 pp.

Gothic & Horror4.1

The Turn of the Screw

Henry James · 1898

Accessible · 241 pp.

Gothic & Horror4.0

The Phantom of the Opera

Gaston Leroux · 1910

Moderate · 332 pp.

Gothic & Horror4.0

The Tell-Tale Heart

Edgar Allan Poe · 1843

Accessible · 372 pp.

Literary Fiction3.9

Bartleby, the Scrivener

Herman Melville · 1853

Accessible · 251 pp.

Literary Fiction3.9

Heart of Darkness

Joseph Conrad · 1899

Accessible · 215 pp.

Gothic & Horror3.9

The Black Cat

Edgar Allan Poe · 1843

Moderate · 379 pp.

Gothic & Horror3.9

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1886

Moderate · 355 pp.