The scariest must-read Gothic classics

Happy Halloween! I invited my friend Alice, a massive Gothic fiction fan and ex-Penguin colleague, to come chat about Gothic classics that are great to start with. What's your favourite spooky Gothic read?

► More gothic and dark literature videos:
My gothic autumn to-read list    • My (frankly excessive) autumn reading...  
Reading Dracula for the first time    • I finally read Dracula for the first ...  
Dark reads for sweltering days    • Dark reads for sweltering days  
Must-read gothic classics:    • The scariest must-read Gothic classics  


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The Turn of the Screw
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Frankenstein
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle
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The Haunting of Hill House
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Dracula
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The Woman in Black
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Can you review my book?
I’m always happy to hear about upcoming books, but I’m afraid I don’t review self-published books and can only accept a small number of books for review. I enjoy reading classics, dystopian/apocalyptic novels, sci-fi, translated fiction and a variety of graphic novels, YA and contemporary literary fiction. Get in touch at [email protected]

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I was born and raised in the Netherlands, studied English Lit at Leiden University (also in the Netherlands), studied in the US for 3 months and have lots of American friends. I'm definitely not Irish or Canadian, I promise!

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I live in London and have been here for 4 years now.

How did you get into publishing?
I did publishing work experience, did a lot of networking and learned everything I know about social media from creating and running this channel. (P.s. You don't necessarily have to study Publishing or English to get a job in publishing!).