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What to read after “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall” by Anne Brontë: a list matched by tropes, mood and atmosphere. Under each book you will see what it has in common.

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Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë · 1847
From the same world: “Gothic”
An orphan becomes a governess at the brooding Thornfield Hall. A bond grows between her and its stern master, but the house hides a dangerous secret that threatens the life she is beginning to hope for.
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Rebecca
Daphne du Maurier · 1938
From the same world: “Gothic”
- Gothic
- Gothic Manor
A shy young woman marries the widowed Maxim de Winter and arrives at Manderley, his grand estate by the sea. There she is measured against his first wife, the beautiful Rebecca, whose presence lingers in every room, in the servants' loyalty and in a secret nobody will speak.
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The Mysteries of Udolpho
Ann Radcliffe · 1794
From the same world: “Gothic”
After her parents die, Emily St. Aubert is left to the care of an aunt who marries an Italian nobleman. Taken to the gloomy castle of Udolpho, she is surrounded by unexplained sounds, sealed rooms and sinister men, while she tries to keep her love and her safety.
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Carmilla
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · 1872
From the same world: “Gothic”
In a lonely Styrian castle, Laura longs for companionship. A carriage accident brings Carmilla, a charming guest her own age, to stay with the family. As Laura's health fades and strange dreams visit her at night, she begins to suspect that her new friend is not what she seems.
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Dracula
Bram Stoker · 1897
From the same world: “Gothic”
- Gothic
- Gothic Manor
A young solicitor journeys to a remote castle in the Carpathians to settle a client's estate, only to find his host is no ordinary nobleman. As the count travels to England, letters and diaries record a creeping sickness spreading from Whitby to London.
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Uncle Silas
J. Sheridan Le Fanu · 1864
From the same world: “Gothic”
- Gothic
- Gothic Manor
Orphaned heiress Maud Ruthyn is sent to Bartram-Haugh, the remote house of her uncle Silas, a man once suspected of murder. Isolated there with him, his strange son and a governess, she slowly realises the household is closing in on her.
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The Thirteenth Tale
Diane Setterfield · 2006
From the same world: “Gothic”
- Gothic
- Gothic Manor
A bookseller's daughter is summoned by a reclusive author who has never told the truth about her life. As the old woman finally recounts her childhood at a crumbling country house, the listener realises the story hides one more secret. A gothic tale about stories, sisters and the gaps between them.
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Jamaica Inn
Daphne du Maurier · 1936
From the same world: “Gothic”
- Gothic
- Forbidden Love
After her mother's death, Mary Yellan goes to live with her aunt at Jamaica Inn on the bleak Bodmin Moor. Her uncle keeps the inn closed to travellers and answers to dangerous men from the coast. Mary must work out what her one remaining family is hiding before the moor and its secrets close over her.
9
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë · 1847
From the same world: “Gothic”
- Gothic
On the Yorkshire moors, the foundling Heathcliff and Catherine grow up inseparable, then are torn apart by class and marriage. His long, bitter revenge consumes the next generation until their children find a way out.
10
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Victor Hugo · 1831
From the same world: “Gothic”
Quasimodo, the deformed bell-ringer of Notre-Dame, is kept hidden by the archdeacon Frollo. When the gypsy dancer Esmeralda is accused of witchcraft, several men desire or condemn her, and the cathedral becomes both her refuge and her trap. Set in 1482 Paris among beggars, judges and stone gargoyles.
11
The Monk
Matthew Gregory Lewis · 1796
From the same world: “Gothic”
- Gothic
- Forbidden Love
Ambrosio, a celebrated monk in Madrid, is admired for his apparent virtue until a novice leads him into pride, desire and crime. Around him runs the legend of a sorcerer, and the story follows the abbot's fall from purity into a bargain he cannot undo.
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The Hacienda
Isabel Cañas · 2022
From the same world: “Gothic”
After her father is killed in Mexico's war of independence, Beatriz marries a widower and moves to his country estate. The housekeeper burns copal and chalks signs on the doorways, and Beatriz begins to fear that her husband's first wife never left.