The Castle of Otranto is considered the first supernatural English novel and also the first gothic novel. It describes itself as a translation of an Italian story from the Middle Ages about Manfred, ...

India, Aug. 17 -- When you hear the term "gothic", you might picture someone with white face paint, black eyeliner, leather jackets, and studs. But there's much more to the word than its modern ...

Since 1764, when Horace Walpole captivated readers with The Castle of Otranto, gothic novels have been shaped by, and have sometimes been synonymous with, their locales. “With all genres, setting ...

A reader at the Jane Austen Centre in Bath, England. To celebrate the 200th anniversary of "Pride and Prejudice," book experts, writers and fans read the entire novel in a 12-hour livestream. All of ...