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Booklist: Go Gothic
First, read the original novels:
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Dracula by Bram Stoker
The complete works of Edgar Allan Poe
Then, tackle the books they inspired:
Ghosts of Albion films, novellas, and novels by Christopher Golden and Amber Benson
AngelMonster by Veronica Bennett
Do some research with related non-fiction:
(These are all on my list of books to read!)
The Monsters: Mary Shelley and the Curse of Frankenstein by Dorothy & Thomas Hoobler
Wildly Romantic: The English Romantic Poets: The Mad, the Bad, and the Dangerous by Catherine M. Andronik
Gothic Reflections: Narrative Force in Nineteenth-Century Fiction by Peter K. Garrett
Gothic Horror: A Reader's Guide from Poe to King and Beyond edited by Clive Bloom
Related Booklist: Vamping It Up
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