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BreatheNovel
Cliff McNishstandalone novel2006
Tense in tone, about survival, set in contemporary and countryside & village.
“Twelve-year-old Jack, suffering from chronic asthma, has just moved into the old house with his widowed mother, and discovers that the Ghost Mother wants him to herself.”
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The Woman in BlackSeries
series3 books1983
Gothic, tense in tone, set in small town.
“A television film adaptation with a screenplay by Nigel Kneale, was produced in 1989.”
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The Little StrangerNovel
Sarah Watersstandalone novel2009
Gothic, about family secrets, set in countryside & village.
“The stress of reconciling the state of their finances with the familial responsibility of keeping the estate coincides with perplexing events which may or may not be of supernatural origin, culminating in tragedy.”
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The Haunting of Hill HouseNovel
Shirley Jacksonstandalone novel1959
Gothic and psychological horror, about madness, set in north america.
JuliaNovel
Peter Straubstandalone novel1975
Gothic, dark in tone, about family secrets, set in europe.
“Julia was later adapted into the 1977 film Full Circle, starring Mia Farrow.”
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We Have Always Lived in the CastleNovel
Shirley Jacksonstandalone novel1962
Literary & general and gothic, about family secrets.
“A young woman lives with her older sister and sickly uncle in their old family house, after a mysterious tragedy turns the townsfolk against them.”
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