'Salem's Lot
A writer returns to Jerusalem's Lot as an old house fills with vampires.
2,046-word summary · 9 min read
classics + gothic
9 books tagged both “classics” and “gothic”.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
A London lawyer traces a violent stranger to his respectable friend in Stevenson's 1886 tale of two selves.
2,286-word summary · 10 min read
Interview with the Vampire
Louis tells a reporter how Lestat made him and how Claudia doomed them all in New Orleans and Paris.
2,195-word summary · 10 min read
Rebecca
A shy bride at Manderley learns she competes with Maxim's perfect dead wife Rebecca.
2,008-word summary · 9 min read
Dracula
Count Dracula sails for England in letters and diaries, and Van Helsing leads the hunt to stop him.
2,860-word summary · 13 min read
Frankenstein
Frankenstein retold: Victor builds, the creature wakes, Arctic letters, demand and refusal.
1,901-word summary · 8 min read
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre retold: Lowood, Thornfield, the attic secret, and Jane's refusal to shrink.
2,325-word summary · 10 min read
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Dorian Gray retold: Basil paints, Henry talks, wish holds youth while canvas bears years.
2,061-word summary · 9 min read
Wuthering Heights
Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights retold: Heathcliff and Cathy on the moors, two houses, two generations.
2,056-word summary · 9 min read