Check out some of the illustrations made for these Gothic stories as well as portraits of the authors themselves!
Ann Radcliffe’s The Mysteries of Udolpho
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- Original Illustration from the novel
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- Original Illustration from the novel
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- Ann Radcliffe
Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey
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- Jane Austen
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- Photo from the 2017 film adaptation of Northanger Abbey, directed by Jon Jones
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- “Catherine opening the chest.” Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen. J.M. Dent and Co. (London), 1895. Illustration by William C. Cooke
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
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- Mary Shelley
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- Illustration of Frankenstein
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- Frontispiece by Theodore Von Holst of the 1831 edition of Frankenstein
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- Photo from the 1994 film adaptation of Frankenstein, directed by Kenneth Branagh
Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre
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- Illustration of Jane Eyre
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- Portrait of Charlotte Bronte
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- Photo from the 2011 film adaptation of Jane Eyre, directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga
Charlotte Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper”
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- Illustration for “The Yellow Wallpaper” by the artist Yesserina
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- Illustration of “The Yellow Wallpaper”
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- From the 2021 film adaptation of The Yellow Wallpaper, directed by Kevin Pontuti
Shirley Jackson’s We Have Always Lived in the Castle
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- Fanart Illustration by Myriame St-Piere
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- Original Illustration from the novel
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- Photo from the 2018 film adaption of We Have Always Lived in the Castle, directed by Stacie Passon
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- Illustration of Constance and Merricat in We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Toni Morrison’s Beloved
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- Illustration by Joe Morse from The Folio Society edition of Toni Morrison’s Beloved
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- Illustration by Joe Morse from The Folio Society edition of Toni Morrison’s Beloved
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- From the 1998 film adaptation of Beloved, directed by Jonathon Demme
Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find”
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- Illustration by Natalie Barahona
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- Illustration inspired by Flannery O’Connor’s short story “A Good Man is Hard to Find”
Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where are You Going, Where Have You Been”
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- Photo of Joyce Carol Oates
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- Arnold Friend in Smooth Talk (1985) directed by Joyce Chopra, a film based on Oate’s short story
Angela Carter’s “The Bloody Chamber”
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- Illustration of The Bloody Chamber
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- Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber illustrated by Ashley Edge
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- Photo of Angela Carter, the author of The Bloody Chamber
Carmen Maria Machado’s “The Husband Stitch”
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- Photo used in Jane Dykema’s article about The Husband Stitch:
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- Photo of Carmen Maria Machado
