G. P. R. James ~9 hr read

On an awfully dark and tempestuous night, wind howling round the towers and lightning splitting the deluge, the ancient Castle of Ehrenstein stirs with its lords earthly and unearthly.

G. P. R. James's 1847 novel is a full-blooded Gothic fantasy of a haunted castle. Atmospheric, dread-soaked, richly period. Read it for a classic Gothic romance, storms, spectres, and dark secrets among the towers of Ehrenstein, from a prolific master of the historical and supernatural tale.

In its time

Published in 1847, during the 1840s, mystery, mesmerism, and the proto-scientific tale in the age of poe and gautier.

Reading it

~9 hr read (a novel-length work, settle in).