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Flowers In The Attic (Dollanger Saga) 447 reviews V.C. Andrews
Pocket, 1990
my favorite book
+ My guilty pleasure
Yes its true, this book is extremely dark and twisted, depressing, gross at certain parts (incest seems to be a common theme V.C.'s books), and just downright disturbing and creepy. But as horrified as you may be while reading it, you also can't but be fascinated at the same time. To even think ...
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Gaslight 39 reviews Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman
Warner Home Video, 2004
Darkly Entertaining
+ Excelente pelķcula + Perfect Suspense Story + Gaslight + Been wanting to watch this for a long time...
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Gothic Tales (Penguin Classics) Elizabeth Gaskell
Penguin Classics, 2001
A portrait inexplicably turned to the wall ... a mysterious child who lives on the freezing moors ... a doppelganger brought to life by a woman's bitter curse. These are some of the eerie elements Elizabeth Gaskell uses to masterful effect in Gothic Tales . A writer best known for books about middle-class life in country villages and the urban social problems of Victorian England, Gaskell was ...
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The Grudge 499 reviews Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr
Sony Pictures, 2005
Ignore the critics.
+ great movie + Effectively Creepy + Well done! Scary, from a tasty Japanese perspective + DON'T HOLD IT AGAINST ME
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Rebecca - Criterion Collection 157 reviews Judith Anderson, Florence Bates
Criterion, 2001
Outstanding Video Quality.
+ Rebeca + A masterpiece of mystery and suspense. + Rebecca
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The Mysteries of Udolpho (Oxford World's Classics) 30 reviews Ann Radcliffe
Oxford University Press, USA, 1998
The Mysteries of Udolpho: real and imagined
+ Ahead of her Time! + Like a long and complex dream ...
On one level, this novel defies categorisation. Yes, the Gothic web of mystery and intrigue is obvious. And so too are the beautiful descriptions of nature, the struggle between good and evil, the noble acts of heroism and the ignoble acts of greed.
Anne Radcliffe has taken all of these ...
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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Oxford World's Classics) 62 reviews Anne Brontė
Oxford University Press, USA, 1998
You must go back with me to the autumn of 1827 to meet Helen Huntington and learn her secret sorrows
+ Surprising + Loved this. + A Victorian tale for the modern reader + A good attemp
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The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Writings 3 reviews Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Lynne Sharon Schwartz
Bantam Classics, 1989
Post Partum Madness?
+ Wonders of The Wallpaper
Gilman was a feminist, a radical suffragist and a woman who was told that all of her thoughts and energies ought to be solely focused on something that she wasn't really interested in being: a mother. She suffered from post-partum depression and severe anxiety later in life. The title story, ...
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Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics) 32 reviews Charlotte Brontė, Michael Mason
Penguin Classics, 2003
This is one of the great books for love, passion and characters.
+ I love this book + Even better than I remembered
As I was in the middle of the book, I was so drawn to the characters I felt full. Later there was sadness for awhile. At the end I was full of joy. My feelings were "wow - what a wonderful journey." I loved the two main characters, Edward and Jane, their individual natures, their love for each ...
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Northanger Abbey (Penguin Classics) 89 reviews Jane Austen
Penguin Classics, 2003
Northanger Abbey: Janeites rejoice in this light and lively tour de force
+ Northanger Abbey (Penguin Classics) + A Little Gothic Romance.... + Fill out your Austen collection
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The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye 24 reviews A.S. Byatt
Vintage, 1998
This book contains one of the finest novellas in English
+ A.S. Byatt, weaver of magical tales + a lovely book + Beautiful fairty tales for adults! + very very fun, but most of it is recycled from her novels
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Three Vampire Tales: Dracula, Carmilla, and The Vampyre (New Riverside Editions) 4 reviews Bram Stoker, Sheridan Le Fanu, ...
Heinle, 2002
The Great 19th Century Vampires & Their Antecedents.
+ Before Bram Stoker's Dracula... + Great compilation. + An unprecedented resource
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Wuthering Heights (Penguin Classics) 51 reviews Emily Brontė, Pauline Nestor
Penguin Classics, 2002
This Heathcliff Is No Pussy!
+ Interesting Relationships + A great read.
(Like the curmudgeonly CAT in the COMIC...get it?)
Great old-style classic novel. One of Henry Miller's favorites; that's what attracted me to it.
I liked the style of the narrative, largely told through the reminiscences of the housekeeper Nelly. This is one dysfunctional family!
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The Others (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) 544 reviews Keith Allen, Renée Ashershon
Dimension, 2002
The Others
+ The Others + the others + Beautiful movie. + Frightening Delight
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Beloved 81 reviews Toni Morrison
Vintage, 2004
Brilliant novel
+ Hard to ignore + a story of guilt
Beloved is a riveting story, a page-turner. It reminds me of The Turn of the Screw in that you are never certain what was real and what wasn't. Do you believe in the supernatural or is it mental distress? Awesome review of slavery every white American should read. But the story is the thing - ...
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Villette (Penguin Classics) 13 reviews Charlotte Brontė
Penguin Classics, 2004
Too consummate to be fully defined
+ One of my favorite books - "a sense of real wonder" arises from the beauty, passion, tragedy, and joy of this haunting novel + An Edition with Translations + Heartbreaking, beautiful + Villette: Don't believe everything you read
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Beloved 81 reviews Toni Morrison
Vintage, 2004
Brilliant novel
+ Hard to ignore + a story of guilt
Beloved is a riveting story, a page-turner. It reminds me of The Turn of the Screw in that you are never certain what was real and what wasn't. Do you believe in the supernatural or is it mental distress? Awesome review of slavery every white American should read. But the story is the thing - ...
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Three Vampire Tales: Dracula, Carmilla, and The Vampyre (New Riverside Editions) 4 reviews Bram Stoker, Sheridan Le Fanu, ...
Heinle, 2002
The Great 19th Century Vampires & Their Antecedents.
+ Before Bram Stoker's Dracula... + Great compilation. + An unprecedented resource
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The Grudge 499 reviews Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr
Sony Pictures, 2005
Ignore the critics.
+ great movie + Effectively Creepy + Well done! Scary, from a tasty Japanese perspective + DON'T HOLD IT AGAINST ME
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Northanger Abbey (Penguin Classics) 89 reviews Jane Austen
Penguin Classics, 2003
Northanger Abbey: Janeites rejoice in this light and lively tour de force
+ Northanger Abbey (Penguin Classics) + A Little Gothic Romance.... + Fill out your Austen collection
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