Gothic Auntie
Literature, folklore, and history
Category: Read Gothic Literature For Free
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The Brontë sisters made an indelible mark on the gothic genre, creating a small library’s worth of work’s between them. While Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights are ubiquitous, Ann Brontë’s and much of Charlotte’s work are significantly more obscure and harder to find – and physical copies can be expensive as a result. However, as…
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Did you know that a good deal of the classic gothic novels and short stories are now available for free on various parts of the internet? This is perfectly legal, they’re out of copyright now, and extremely convenient when you’re trying to get at the rarer ones. Back in my daaaaay in the oughts you…
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Gothic literature has a timeless appeal. As long as people are horrible to each other in grand, sweeping ways, as long as there are unbalanced power dynamics and people willing to exploit them, as long as people decide to psychologically torture each other instead of going to therapy, gothic literature will be there — offering…
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Gothic literature has a timeless appeal. As long as people are horrible to each other in grand, sweeping ways, as long as there are unbalanced power dynamics and people willing to exploit them, as long as people decide to psychologically torture each other instead of going to therapy, gothic literature will be there — offering catharsis, or…