THE GOTHIC NOVEL

The gothic novel was invented  by Horace Walpole. He first wrote The Castle of Otranto in 1764.

There are an elements that we didn't put in the list : 

     

•  Settings in a castle      
• An ancient prophecy
• Omens, portents (profecies)  and visions
• Overmought emotion

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