Two centuries after the Salem witch trials, there’s still a witch in town, though she doesn’t know it. Traits of gothic novels: Image result for gothic traits Here is a list of some common elements found in Gothic novels: Gloomy, decaying setting (haunted houses or castles with secret passages, trapdoors, and other mysterious architecture) Supernatural beings or monsters (ghosts, vampires, zombies, giants) Curses or prophecies. Written by: Drake Morgan Modern horror writers have broken into two schools of thought. Part romance, part historical novel, part gothic suspense… and witches. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë For me, Jane Eyre will always be the quintessential Gothic novel. Thus, before I get too carried away with analyzing the issues with romance novels, I am going to state the best and most prolific Gothic Romance Novelists. Delicious! The book begins with nine-year-old Lydia doing something she expects to be punished for. Here is my Top Ten list of modern Gothic, or dark fiction novels, that… Find the top 100 most popular items in Amazon Books Best Sellers. Horror has come to mean the gore and guts style while it seems dark fiction has come to represent the Gothic literary tradition in the modern era. While these novels are filled with tropes like naïve heroines and unrealistic heroes, their mysteries and character interactions are much more interesting than modern romance. Discover the best Gothic Romances in Best Sellers. Books shelved as modern-gothic: The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield, Spilt Milk by D.K. We follow plain, poor, orphaned Jane to her scut job as a governess in a big English house—the kind of rambling place that keeps its secrets imprisoned, quite literally, within its attic walls.