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Loved Malpertuis by Jean Ray? Here are 8 books with the same pull, and why each one fits.

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  1. 1The Castle of Otranto

    The Castle of Otranto

    Horace Walpole

    An early gothic novel of a decaying noble household, ancestral curses and a haunted castle.

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  2. 2Melmoth the Wanderer

    Melmoth the Wanderer

    Charles Robert Maturin

    A sprawling gothic novel of a supernatural figure, nested narratives and a sense of inescapable doom.

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  3. 3The Monk: A Romance. In Three Volumes. By M. G. Lewis, ..

    The Monk: A Romance. In Three Volumes. By M. G. Lewis, ..

    Matthew Gregory Lewis

    A gothic novel of corruption and the supernatural, with a dark and sensational tone.

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  4. 4In a Glass Darkly

    In a Glass Darkly

    Sheridan Le Fanu

    A collection of supernatural tales that keep the reader uncertain whether the uncanny is real.

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  5. 5The Haunting of Hill House

    The Haunting of Hill House

    Shirley Jackson

    A psychological haunted-house novel in which the building itself seems to act on the people inside.

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  6. 6Titus Groan

    Titus Groan

    Mervyn Peake

    A baroque, eccentric novel centred on a vast, decaying castle and the ritual life of its household.

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  7. 7The Great God Pan

    The Great God Pan

    Arthur Machen

    A late-Victorian tale of forbidden knowledge and a hidden, unnatural power behind everyday life.

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  8. 8Ficciones

    Ficciones

    Jorge Luis Borges

    Short fictions of labyrinths, invented worlds and uncanny logic that share the fantastic spirit of Ray's stories.

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