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Gothic fiction

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Romance, horror and death literary genre

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The Queen of the Damned

1988 novel by Anne Rice

Prince Lestat

Novel by Anne Rice

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

1886 novella by Robert Louis Stevenson

2002 children's novella by Neil Gaiman

The Phantom of the Opera (novel)

1909 novel by Gaston Leroux

The Vampire Chronicles

Series of Gothic horror novels by Anne Rice

Interview with the Vampire

1976 novel by Anne Rice

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1818 novel by Mary Shelley

1872 novel by Sheridan Le Fanu

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Gothic literature

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Gothic fiction, sometimes referred to as Gothic horror (primarily in the 20th century), is a literary aesthetic of fear and haunting. The name of the genre is derived from the Renaissance-era use of the word "gothic", as a pejorative term meaning medieval and barbaric, which itself originated from Gothic architecture and in turn the Goths.

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speculative fiction genre

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Speculative fiction

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Gothic literature

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