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The best gothic horror classics
Dread, ruined houses and the uncanny — the gothic canon from Walpole and Shelley to Stoker, Stevenson and Wilde. 48 books, each readable in full on Folio — a few finishable pages a day.
Dracula
Bram Stoker · 1897
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson · 1886
The Turn of the Screw
Folio
The Turn of the Screw
Henry James · 1898
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde · 1890
The Fall of the House of Usher
Folio
The Fall of the House of Usher
Edgar Allan Poe · 1839
Carmilla
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · 1872
Uncle Silas
Folio
Uncle Silas
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · 1864
The Castle of Otranto
Folio
The Castle of Otranto
Horace Walpole · 1764
The Monk
Folio
The Monk
Matthew Lewis · 1796
The House of the Seven Gables
Folio
The House of the Seven Gables
Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1851
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë · 1847
The Great God Pan
Folio
The Great God Pan
Arthur Machen · 1894
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
M. R. James · 1904
More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
Folio
More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
M. R. James · 1911
The Hill of Dreams
Folio
The Hill of Dreams
Arthur Machen · 1907
The Three Impostors
Arthur Machen · 1895
The Lair of the White Worm
Folio
The Lair of the White Worm
Bram Stoker · 1911
The Jewel of Seven Stars
Bram Stoker · 1903
Wylder's Hand
Folio
Wylder's Hand
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · 1864
The Mysteries of Udolpho
Ann Radcliffe · 1794
Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories
Folio
Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories
Bram Stoker · 1914
Green Tea; Mr. Justice Harbottle
Folio
Green Tea; Mr. Justice Harbottle
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · 1872
The House of Souls
Folio
The House of Souls
Arthur Machen · 1906
The Terror
Arthur Machen · 1917
The Best Ghost Stories
Folio
The Best Ghost Stories
M. R. James · 1919
The Snake's Pass
Bram Stoker · 1890
The Mystery of the Sea
Bram Stoker · 1902
The Lady of the Shroud
Folio
The Lady of the Shroud
Bram Stoker · 1909
The Masque of the Red Death
Folio
The Masque of the Red Death
Edgar Allan Poe · 1842
The Cask of Amontillado
Folio
The Cask of Amontillado
Edgar Allan Poe · 1846
Melmoth the Wanderer
Charles Robert Maturin · 1820
The Romance of the Forest
Ann Ward Radcliffe · 1791
A Sicilian Romance
Folio
A Sicilian Romance
Ann Ward Radcliffe · 1790
The Italian
Ann Ward Radcliffe · 1797
The Jolly Corner
Folio
The Jolly Corner
Henry James · 1908
A Thin Ghost and Others
Folio
A Thin Ghost and Others
M. R. James · 1919
A Warning to the Curious, and Other Ghost Stories
M. R. James · 1925
The Angels of Mons: The Bowmen and Other Legends of the War
Arthur Machen · 1915
The Room in the Dragon Volant
Folio
The Room in the Dragon Volant
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · 1872
Madam Crowl's Ghost and the Dead Sexton
Folio
Madam Crowl's Ghost and the Dead Sexton
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · 1923
The Watcher, and Other Weird Stories
Folio
The Watcher, and Other Weird Stories
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · 1894
The Evil Guest
Folio
The Evil Guest
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · 1895
Checkmate
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · 1871
The Man
Folio
The Man
Bram Stoker · 1905
The Waif Woman
Folio
The Waif Woman
Robert Louis Stevenson · 1916
Portrait of a Man with Red Hair
Hugh Walpole · 1925
The Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories
Folio
The Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories
Julian Hawthorne · 1909
The Castle of Ehrenstein
Folio
The Castle of Ehrenstein
G. P. R. James · 1869