The genre — characterized by Gothic intrigue and a liberal arts aesthetic — grew out of Donna Tartt’s cult favorite campus novel, “The Secret History.” Here’s where to start.

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The answer is C. Frankenstein. First up, you’ll need to wrap up warm. There aren’t many tropical beaches in gothic fiction. Expect wind, rain and thunderstorms and things that go bump in the night.

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The Gothic genre employs themes of degradation, horror, emotionalism over objectivity, and the supernatural to elicit wonder, ...

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