Deliciously dark and governed by a uniquely sublime aesthetic, Gothic novels have captured the spirit and imagination of readers across the globe since Horace Walpole first wrote The Castle of Otranto back in 1764.
The tale of a seemingly cursed noble family who reside in a haunted castle is widely considered to be the genre’s catalyst, given that Walpole himself made use of the subtitle ‘A Gothic Novel’ in the book’s second edition.
