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A ghostly tale of magic and wickedness, set on the Yorkshire moors in the 1800s When Annie marries widower Edward Stonehouse and arrives at his estate on the Yorkshire moors, she thinks she's put...

A young Black woman abandons her life in 1960s Chicago for a position with a mysterious family in New Orleans, only to discover the dark truth: they're under a curse In the fall of 1962, Jemma...

A triumph of contemporary horror from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author, this collection of short stories will haunt you long after you turn the final page A place of myths, rumours and secrets,...

A stunning gothic horror debut, introducing a major new talent in horror writing. Set in 1986 Philippines, this is perfect for fans of Mexican Gothic. 'One of the best horror books of the year.'...

New to Penguin Classics, the international bestseller by one of Europe's pre-eminent literary figures The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony is a masterful retelling of the ancient myths and fables we...

A window onto the past, full of fire and life: two immortal traditions as the English language has never seen them before SHORTLISTED FOR THE LONDON HELLENIC PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE ANGLO-HELLENIC...

Children’s literature today is dominated by the gothic mode, and it is in children’s gothic fictions that we find the implications of cultural change most radically questioned and explored. This...

A gloriously gothic Victorian YA horror-romantasy about first love, sisters, and how far we will go to protect the ones we love The Horrors gain strength when things in our world are broken. A bone...

'May you not rest, as long as I am living. You said I killed you - haunt me, then' Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights Rediscover Emily Bronte's powerful tale of love, violence and obsession. 'May you...

Charles Dickens' stunning novel, which includes some of his most famous and memoral characters: Estella, Miss Havisham and the inimitable Pip Pip's life as an ordinary country boy is destined to be...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books 'As for me I have one ambition only: to invent stories, very beautiful stories' Gothic, expansive and truly spellbinding, Karen Blixen's...

A sweeping gothic fairytale romance for fans of Belladonna by Adalyn Grace and Gallant by V.E. Schwab. 'Where the Dark Stands Still is a triumph; a deeply romantic debut with spiralling, atmospheric...

A beautiful deluxe gift edition of Oscar Wilde's decadent and disturbing novel with foiled covers, marbled endpapers, sprayed edges, beautiful paper and finished with a silk ribbon. A beautiful...

A beautiful deluxe gift edition of Mary Shelley's gothic masterpiece with foiled covers, marbled endpapers, sprayed edges, beautiful paper and finished with a silk ribbon. A beautiful deluxe gift...

A beautiful deluxe gift edition of Poe's most macabre and irresistible stories with foiled covers, marbled endpapers, sprayed edges, beautiful paper and finished with a silk ribbon. A beautiful...

A beautiful deluxe gift edition of Emily Bronte's extraordinary masterpiece with foiled covers, marbled endpapers, sprayed edges, beautiful paper and finished with a silk ribbon. JOIN THE OBSESSION...

A beautiful deluxe gift edition of Conan Doyle's iconic Sherlock Holmes mystery with foiled covers, marbled endpapers, sprayed edges, beautiful paper and finished with a silk ribbon. A beautiful...

A beautifully designed clothbound edition of Shirley Jackson's chilling tale of power and fear Hunting for evidence of the occult, Dr Montague invites three participants to Hill House: Theodora, his...

New to Penguin Clothbound Classics, Gaston Leroux's classic tale of Gothic horror and tragic romance Rumours that a ghost stalks the dark passages and cellars of the Paris Opera House, wreaking...

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. ...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books The bones were still warm; but they were picked clean. They had even eaten their own dead This spine-chilling collection from Dracula creator...

The new paperback series: Penguin English Library The Penguin English Library Edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 'I am jealous of everything whose beauty does not die. I am...

Launching a major new paperback series: Penguin English Library The Penguin English Library Edition of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 'Never did I behold a vision so horrible as his face, of such...

Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life; indulging...

Penguin Classics relaunch Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange on the bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter one night at Wuthering Heights, the home of his landlord. There he...

Penguin Classics relaunch. This selection of Poe's critical writings, short fiction and poetry demonstrates an intense interest in aesthetic issues and the astonishing power and imagination with...

Penguin Classics relaunch The Woman in White famously opens with Walter Hartright's eerie encounter on a moonlit London road. Engaged as a drawing master to the beautiful Laura Fairlie, Walter is...

Bram Stoker's chillingly brilliant classic, now in a gorgeous new clothbound edition. Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie...

Beautifully designed, clothbound edition Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible...

'As nearly perfect a haunted-house tale as I have ever read' - Stephen King Four seekers have arrived at the rambling old pile known as Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid...

The original Gothic novel On the day of his wedding, Conrad, heir to the house of Otranto, is killed in mysterious circumstances. His calculating father Manfred fears that his dynasty will now come...

Childhood in Ancient Athens offers an in-depth study of children during the heyday of the Athenian city state, thereby illuminating a significant social group largely ignored by most ancient and...

Is "goth music" a genre, and if so, how does it relate to the goth subculture? The music played at goth club nights and festivals encompasses a broad range of musical substyles, from gloomy Batcave...

A Victorian governess tries to uncover a big house's secrets whilst guarding her own: a suspenseful Gothic mystery I loved this fresh take on the gothic genre. Vivid, haunting, surprising' STACEY...

The stunning, evocative and twisty new novel from the author of the Sunday Times bestseller and Richard and Judy Pick The Glass House Kat, Flossie and Lauren are half-sisters who share a famous...

Six new delightful and collectible hardback editions from Penguin Classics, publishing to celebrate Jane Austen's 250th anniversary 'To look almost pretty, is an acquisition of higher delight to a...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books There are many great English ghost stories, but they appear flimsy and emotionally spectral compared to the works of M.R. James. This...

Robert Louis Stevenson's immortal tale of personality and evil, now in a wonderful new clothbound edition Published as a 'shilling shocker', Robert Louis Stevenson's dark psychological fantasy gave...

Beautifully designed, clothbound edition Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible...

Beautifully designed, clothbound edition Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible...

A stunning new clothbound edition of Mary Shelley's infamous work of horror fiction Obsessed by creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being,...

A People’s History of Classics explores the influence of the classical past on the lives of working-class people, whose voices have been almost completely excluded from previous histories of...

These three plays by the great comic playwright Aristophanes (c. 446-386 BCE), the well-known Lysistrata, and the less familiar Women at the Thesmophoria and Assemblywomen, are the earliest surviving...

First published in 1984, this title examines the development of a special rhetoric in Dickens’ work, which, by using grotesque effects, challenged the complacency of his middle-class Victorian...

According to Aristotle the main purpose of tragedy is the manipulation of emotions, and yet there are relatively few accessible studies of the precise dynamics of emotion in the Athenian theatre.In...

Geopolitical shifts and economic shocks, from the Early Modern period to the 21st century, are frequently represented in terms of classical antecedents. In this book, an international team of...

Focusing on extant speeches from the Athenian Assembly, law, and Council in the fifth–fourth centuries BCE, these essays explore how speakers constructed or deconstructed identities for themselves...

The persistent popularity of the detective narrative, new obsessions with psychological and supernatural disturbances, as well as the resurgence of older narratives of mystery or the Gothic all...