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  1. Ruth Richardson writing in THE LANCET, on how “The Body-Snatcher” shows Stevenson’s

    “acute analysis of degrees of guilt; the complicit socialisation of maleness… the dark silences that can exist in social relations that pass as bonhomie”

    4/4

    thelancet.com/journals/lancet/

    #Scottish #literature #19thCentury #Victorian #RobertLouisStevenson #RLSDay #crimefiction #horror #gothic #shortfiction #shortstories #medicalhumanities

  2. “Markheim sees himself in a way the nineteenth century often failed to: the story exposes the awkward truths of trading stolen goods, murdering innocent people, &, as the antique-dealer’s death implies, being selective with connections to the past”

    3/4

    varsity.co.uk/arts/17647

    #Scottish #literature #19thCentury #Victorian #RobertLouisStevenson #RLSDay #crimefiction #horror #gothic #shortfiction #shortstories

  3. “In crime, as in all life, nothing is fixed or certain. Put another way, it is part of the mystery of being, which has its origin in religious faith, & Stevenson’s stories abound in mysteries”

    🗡️ “A Lodging for the Night”
    🪞 “Markheim”
    💀 “The Body-Snatcher”

    Available to download as a free ebook

    1/4

    @bookstodon

    asls.org.uk/publications/books

    #Scottish #literature #19thCentury #Victorian #RobertLouisStevenson #RLSDay #crimefiction #horror #gothic #shortfiction #shortstories

  4. We've got some incredibly talented people joining us for Writing the Occult: Harbingers & Spirits next month - including the gothic goddess that is acclaimed novelist and poet CJ Cooke.

    With more than 10 books, published in 23 languages, some optioned for film and TV, CJ Cooke is a powerhouse of feminist gothic fiction. More 🧵⬇️

    #gothic #gothicfiction #horror #haunted #haunting #ghoststories #spirits #writers #writing #writingcommunity #creativity #books #creativetoots #writingevents

  5. Tempting the Angels: “Olalla” as Gothic Vampire Narrative

    “What truly disturbs in ‘Olalla’ is not the heroine […] It is the profoundly vampiric bond she forms with the hero – & the doubts it raises about his own precarious sanity”

    5/6

    thebottleimp.org.uk/2012/11/te

    #Scottish #literature #19thCentury #Victorian #RobertLouisStevenson #RLSDay #gothic #horror #vampires

  6. 'Two Men Sleeping In A Crypt' by Hendrick van Steenwijk the Younger, 1625.
    #Gothic #church #coffin #landscape #art #17thCentury

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  9. What Readers Thought of 'Dracula' When It Was Published in 1897

    'We would not, however, recommend it to nervous persons for evening reading.'

    By Jane Alexander

    mentalfloss.com/literature/boo

    Dracula at PG:
    gutenberg.org/ebooks/345

    #books #literature #fiction #horror #classics #gothic

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