The Challenge is now closed and a winner has been chosen via random.org.
The winning book is Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Thank you to everyone for leaving comments!
The winning book is Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Thank you to everyone for leaving comments!
Time for a new Challenge here at the Latherati blog! I received a convo from a reader requesting a gothic scent so what better way to find a fantastic gothic read than by offering a Challenge?
Just leave a comment with your suggestion for a gothic novel, including author. Be sure to leave your email so I can contact you if you win. I'll use a Random Number Generator to choose a winner.
The winner will receive one bar of soap inspired by the winning book, along with another bar of their choosing. Challenge ends June 2, 2010, 9pm, EST.*** Photography courtesy of my friend, Jeffrey Montalbano. Click on any of the pics to check out his photos on Flickr :-) ***
One gothic novel that's always stayed with me is The Devil On Horseback by Victoria Holt. I was spellbound the first time I read it many years ago!
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I always like the classics, so Frankenstein and Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe would be my favorites. Great subject by the way.
ReplyDeleteOooh, make something Edgar Allen Poe inspired! All of his work is classic...Annabelle Lee, The Raven...
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These may be strange suggestions, but Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera are particularly evocative to me. For the former, it could be a sea-inspired scent (saline, fresh, clean), and for the latter it could be something deep and rich (like red wine, currants and champagne - it would have to be red, of course).
ReplyDeleteI keep thinking about it but nothing REALLY Gothic that I've read comes to mind right now.
ReplyDeleteI only have "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" but I don't think that's the Gothic you're looking for. LOL
I nominate the Twilight novels!
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I think you should do a soap inspired by Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. Could yield some great combos! Thanks.
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Hi :) I'd like to suggest the first gothic novel "The castel of Otranto" by Horace Walpole (1764) and the modern Anne Rice's vampires books. I love Lovecraft and Poe... ok, I love all gothic novels and music :)
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I guess Gothic is an interesting genre... would Wuthering Heights count??
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Hmm, does Edgar Allan Poe's Complete Works (poetry) count? If not, then Dracula. :)
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The Phantom of the Opera: Gaston Leroux
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I would say rebecca by daphne du maurier was a classic gothic novel.
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I won some Latherati soap last summer, so you don't have to enter me, but I recommend Isak Dinesen's "The Monkey" from "Seven Gothic Tales". Isak Dinesen was the pen name of Karen Blixen, a Dane who lived in East Africa, and whose works are wonderful.
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Get The Necronomicon by HP Lovecraft. It's a collection of all his short stories. It's freaking amazing - his stories are AWESOME - and with its gold-bound pages it looks really rockin' on the coffee table.
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I'd recommend Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen for an amusing view on the gothic novel, or Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, by John Berendt for a modern southern gothic take.
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I suggest 'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Bronte. It's dark, tragic and has no "happily ever after" ending.
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"The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde. c:
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My recommendation would be either Frankenstein by Mary Shelley or Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier.
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Call of Ctulhu-H.P. Lovecraft or Dracula-Bram Stroker.they're classic!thanks
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I've never read one so I would guess Edger Allen Poe.
ReplyDeleteI'd have to say Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.
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Go for Edgar Allen Poe! My dad gave me a book of his complete works years ago when I was a ditzy teenager and couldnt care less about that kind of thing. I love flipping through it now though!
ReplyDeleteI would recommend Northanger Abbey or Jane Eyre for a classic Gothic novel and The Thirteenth Tale for a newer one.
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any novel by edgar allan poe would be great
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gothic?...
ReplyDeletewhat about oscar wilde's dorian gray? Sublime, noir, elegant and grotesque..
Also Dracula from Bram Stroker, books of Emily Brontë, Carmilla from J.S de Fanu and The phantasm of the opera from Gastón Leroux...
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Ann Radcliffe is pretty good. "The Mysteries of Udolpho" is considered a classic.
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ReplyDeleteFor something more recent perhaps Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite or anything by Caitlin R. Kiernan.
All my first suggestions have been taken, Northanger Abbey, Mysteries of Udolpho, Jane Eyre. And you already have a Wuthering Heights...hmmm, okay how about
ReplyDeleteThe Masque of the Red Death, Edgar Allan Poe
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I know Twilight is a cliche... but everyone loves it and gets obsessed! They are so good!
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I suggest Edgar Allen Poe. My eighth grade English/Literature teacher, introduced the class to Poe's short stories. When the class complained that the stories were hard to understand, the teacher patiently helped us to understand and comprehend the stories. I have enjoyed Poe's stories ever since, and I appreciate Mr. Griffin our teacher.
ReplyDeleteHere's a gothic novel in the modern sense - Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z Brite.
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Nothing better inspires gothic than Mary Shelly's Frankenstein:)
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I'd be so happy to win this give away! My recommendation, We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
ReplyDeleteI love the "Phantom of the Opera" by Gaston Leroux, although I don't know if it strictly counts as a gothic novel.
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I would recommend Ann Radcliff: Gaston de Blondeville
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I would recommend that old gothic standby - Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
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I suggest Poe's The Mask of the Red Death. It makes me think of the "Black Death" (Bubonic Plague) and those funny masks with the long noses. They filled those noses with Five Thieves Oil to keep from getting the plague themselves. That might be a good bases for the sent.
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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley would be a great one-- I doubt you have anything in an "angry villager" type scent, but I'm thinking something autumny, like dried leaves and bonfires.... amyDOTrohdeATgmailDOTcom
ReplyDeletei'm not sure i know the definition of "gothic" but i read a novel by Ken Follett, "World Without End" which is so captivating! it's about life in the 12th century, very dark and alluring. excellent author too!
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ReplyDeleteWell Frankenstein is always a good option.. but what about jane eyre?
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I think the novel Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
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ReplyDeleteI thought that either I thought the Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman or Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. You could do a light floral top note for Rebecca as she is more naive in the beginning and then have a more heady end note as a finish when she comes into her own.
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I like Twilight novels.
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Oh, I was thrilled when I saw the mechanics! I love gothic books!! Especially "The Devil On Horseback" of Victoria Holt! I know someone suggested this already but this is really the best I've read so far! :)
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I don't know if this counts as strictly gothic: Sylvia Cassedy's "Behind the Attic Wall." No one's swanning around in black lace, nor are there any vampires :). How to describe it without giving anything away? A socially estranged orphan's newest home is a former girls' school; her "normal" life is still full of pain, but she creates a little family with the pair of living china dolls she discovers in the attic. Strictly speaking, it's YA literature, but the bleakness, alienation, magical realism, and hint of insanity (which I think make it gothic enough) still evoke a strong emotional response in me 15 years after I first read it.
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The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole.
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How about The Strangely Beautiful Tate of Miss Percy Parker by Leanna Renee Hieber? New, and So deliciously gothic it makes my teeth hurt. And the Author wears a mourning hat at pretty much every event she does.
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ReplyDeleteIt should be The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Percy Parker.
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The Devil On Horseback by Victoria Holt.
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The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson.
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Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. More of a gothic parody, but still enjoyable.
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As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner.
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Sanctuary by William Faulkner.
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The Black Opal by Victoria Holt.
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The raven and two goths by e. poe ;)
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Gothic Charm School: An Essential Guide for Goths and Those Who Love Them by Jillian Venters
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ReplyDeleteHow about "Villette" by Charlotte Bronte. It's my favorite of her novels.
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There are certainly a lot to choose from, starting a couple of centuries ago. My suggestion is Ammie Come Home by Barbara Michaels.
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# Wieland (1798) by Charles Brockden Brown
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the original Frankenstien
ReplyDeleteBram Stoker's "Dracula" would be great since everyone is familiar with the story..well maybe not the original novel, but at least the character! tylerpants(at)gmail.com
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Since no one's said it yet, and it holds a very special place in my heart - Flowers in the Attic, VC Andrews. I just had to throw it in there!
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Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe would be my first pick :)
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"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe is a great gothic short story! peanut[at]nyc.rr.com
ReplyDeleteI would suggest A Drop of Scarlet by Jemiah Jefferson. garrettsambo@aol.com
ReplyDeleteI've always liked Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier.
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Castle of Otranto from Horace Walpole
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