Gothic novel
noun /ˌɡɒθɪk ˈnɒvl/
/ˌɡɑːθɪk ˈnɑːvl/
- any of a class of English novels dealing with frightening or magic subjects. Most Gothic novels are set in ruined castles or large old houses with ghosts, and were written in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The style was made popular by Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto (1764), and influenced writers such as Mary Shelley and Edgar Allan Poe, as well as 20th-century horror stories and horror films.
哥特小说：涉及恐怖或魔术主题的一类英语小说。大多数哥特式小说都设在废墟的城堡或带有鬼魂的大型老房子里，写于18世纪末和19世纪初。这种风格由霍勒斯·沃波尔（Horace Walpole）的《奥特朗托城堡》（The Castle of Otranto）（1764）广为流行，并影响了玛丽·雪莱（Mary Shelley）和埃德加·艾伦·坡（Edgar Allan Poe）等作家，以及20世纪的恐怖故事和恐怖电影。