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Honors British Literature ENGL 2323 - Holton - Fall 2025: Course Readings

Library resources to assist in research for Gothic Literature

Course Materials

Below are some links for your course materials, if I could find them. I've included links to print materials at ACC libraries as well as e-books. In addition, there are links to free audio (Librivox and Boundless) and print versions of the readings as well. Hover over the links for instructions on accessing these materials. You can also find these, and other novels, using the Library Resources search box. Need help? Ask a Librarian!

The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

There are many physical copies of Frankenstein in ACC Libraries but only some of them are the 1818 texts. Two are listed here. 

A Fragment by Lord Byron

A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful

Presumption, or the Fate of Frankenstein by Richard Brinsley Peake

Northanger Abbey

Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker

Dracula by Bram Stoker (Chapter 1 only)

Please note: some of the copies at the ACC libraries are abridged. All versions listed below are full text. You only need to read/listen to Chapter 1.

The Fall River Axe Murders by Angela Carter

Also known as "Mise-en-Scéne for a Parricide". 

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