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Why do people read gothic fiction?

April 26, 2017Arts authors Books fiction gothic Humanities people read

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Why do people read gothic fiction?

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Because of the escapism and lush language choices… Angela Carter is an amazing gothic author, so good and descriptive I couldn’t read her short story “The Bloody Chamber” all at once because the language was so heavy, I felt like I was being smothered in velvet.