What's your favorite gothic (pre-1900) horror story?

[Bat-mite]

I'm not talking about movies. Limit answers to the actual, original book publications.

 

[dhbarr]

That's a fairly specific limit, let me think on it for a bit.

 

[muddymooose]

I've read most of these, and Frankenstein was my hands-down favorite.

I've probably read most of what Poe wrote, and while no one thing comes close his entire body of work in its entirety is pretty remarkable.

 

[dhbarr]

I'll have to go with The King In Yellow. It's not -all- good, but there's some great stuff in there.

 

[dr wogz]

Certain events of that time in history..
Slavery for one..
Dentistry of the time
Salem Massachusetts (witches & such)
labourer on the railroads (building them)


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessions_of_an_English_Opium-Eater