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Revision as of 14:55, 14 April 2002 by Rgamble (talk | contribs) (-/Talk... Could use examples, more history, etc...)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The Gothic novel can be said to have been born with "The Castle of Otranto" by Horace Walpole.
Prominent features of many gothic novels are mystery, doom, decay, old buildings with ghosts in them, madness, hereditary curses and so on.