 Three Gothic Novels
by E. F. Bleiler
Full texts Castle of Otranto, Walpole; Vathek, Beckford; The Vampyre, Polidori; Fragment of a Novel, Lord Byron.
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| |  Gods' Man: A Novel in Woodcuts
by Lynd Ward
The major American artist invented the concept of a wordless novel with this evocative, text-free "woodcut" narrative. Autobiographical in nature, the novel recounts Ward's struggles with his craft and with life in the 1920s.
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| |  The Vampyre, The Werewolf and Other Gothic Tales of Horror
by John Polidori, Rochelle Kronzek
Lock the doors and turn on the lights! These seven blood-chilling tales are sure to haunt your dreams. Includes John Polidori's "The Vampyre," Edward Bulwer-Lytton's "Monos and Daimons," Clemence Housman's "The Werewolf," plus "The Curse," and "The Victim."
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 Vertigo: A Novel in Woodcuts
by Lynd Ward, David A. Berona
In this moving graphic novel without words told with 230 intricately detailed woodcuts, a young girl who longs to be a violinist, and a boy who hopes to become a builder, find their dreams shattered by the Great Depression.
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| |  Wild Pilgrimage: A Novel in Woodcuts
by Lynd Ward
Through startling engravings shaded in black and red, Ward wordlessly tells the story of a man trapped in an industrial world, struggling between the grim reality around him and the fantasies his imagination creates.
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| |  The Hunchback of Notre Dame
by Victor Hugo, A. L. Alger
A gypsy girl's beauty and charm captivate a priest, a vagabond, a soldier, and a deformed bell-ringer, in a gripping tale that culminates in a riot and murder.
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 The City: A Vision in Woodcuts
by Frans Masereel
This graphic novel by an Expressionist master offers a stunning depiction of urban Europe between the world wars. First published in Germany in 1925, it presents 100 woodcuts of remarkable force and beauty.
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| |  Mad Man's Drum: A Novel in Woodcuts
by Lynd Ward
The powerful imagery and intensity of Ward's wordless novels have elicited comparisons to Hawthorne, Melville, and Poe. This 1930 work tells a gripping tale through imagery alone, consisting solely of 128 hauntingly rendered woodcuts.
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 Castle Rackrent
by Maria Edgeworth
When a long-time servant of the Rackrent family decides to write about family members whom he has served, the result is a stylishly entertaining exploration of master/servant relationships.
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| |  The Phantom of the Opera
by Gaston Leroux
Mystery classic featuring the "ghost" of the famed Paris landmark holds readers captive as it tells a gripping tale of human desire, fear, and violence.
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 The Castle of Otranto
by Horace Walpole
In a realm where a villain reigns, mysterious events aid in fulfilling a prophesy that spells doom for the ruler and justice for the rightful heir. One of the first, great Gothic novels.
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| |  The Monk
by Matthew Gregory Lewis
A spellbinding Gothic novel, The Monk is Matthew Lewis' most famous work. A violent tale of ambition, murder, and incest unfolds in this spellbinding Gothic novel, set in a sinister Capuchin monastery.
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 Northanger Abbey
by Jane Austen
Spirited comedy of manners begins when Catherine Morland meets and falls in love with a young clergyman and is invited to be a guest at Northanger Abbey, the family's country estate.
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| |  Dracula
by Bram Stoker
A horror romance as deathless as any vampire, this blood-curdling tale carries readers from mystery-shrouded Transylvania to 19th-century London in the frantic hunt for the blood-sucking Count Dracula.
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 The House of the Seven Gables
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Greedy Colonel Pyncheon builds his mansion on ill-gotten ground, setting the stage for generations of suffering. Years later, a country cousin and young boarder attempt to reverse the tide of misfortunes surrounding the house.
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| |  Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
The story of Victor Frankenstein's monstrous creation and the havoc it caused has enthralled generations of readers and inspired countless writers of horror and suspense. With the author's own 1831 introduction.
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 The Best Tales of Hoffmann
by E. T. A. Hoffmann
Ten of Hoffmann's greatest tales, enormously popular in Europe but rarely seen in the United States: "The Golden Flower Pot," "Automata," "Nutcracker and the King of Mice," "The Sand Man," and 6 others.
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