Cover of Seven Masterpieces of Gothic Horror

Seven Masterpieces of Gothic Horror

  • 1963 first published
  • 468 pages
  • 4 editions

Published in 1963, Seven Masterpieces of Gothic Horror is a gothic fiction and horror novel by Robert Donald Spector, Horace Walpole and Clara Reeve. It features Roderick Usher, Madeline Usher and Ethelred. It deals with burial vaults, Catalepsy, dragons and hermitages.

12 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 4 editions.

At about 468 pages, most readers finish it in 8–9 hours.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Characters

Subjects

  • Horror tales
  • American Horror tales
  • Burial vaults
  • Catalepsy
  • Dragons
  • Gothic fiction
  • Hermitages
  • Heroic romances
  • Horror
  • Hysteria
  • Knights
  • Maces
  • Psychogenic death
  • Tarns

Quick answers

Who wrote Seven Masterpieces of Gothic Horror?

Seven Masterpieces of Gothic Horror was written by Robert Donald Spector, Horace Walpole and Clara Reeve and first published in 1963.

What genre is Seven Masterpieces of Gothic Horror?

It is usually shelved as Gothic Fiction, Horror and Dragon Fiction.

How long is Seven Masterpieces of Gothic Horror?

The median edition has 468 pages, about 8–9 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Seven Masterpieces of Gothic Horror?

Readers who like it often enjoy Great American Short Stories, The Rinehart Book of Short Stories and The Fall of the House of Usher and Four Other Tales (Black Cat / Fall of the House of Usher / Ms. Found in a Bottle / Oval Portrait / Three Sundays in a Week).

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