The Castle of Otranto, written by Horace Walpole in 1764, is widely regarded as the first Gothic novel.

Emily St. Aubert is the young and virtuous heroine of Ann Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho.

Isolation, madness, and revenge are all common themes in Gothic horror.

Castle Dracula is the ancestral home of Count Dracula in Bram Stoker's novel Dracula.

Pointed arches, flying buttresses, and ribbed vaults are all characteristic of Gothic architecture.

Victor Frankenstein is the young scientist who creates the monster in Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein.

A dark and stormy night, a remote castle or mansion, and a graveyard are all common settings in Gothic horror.

The narrator is the unnamed protagonist of Edgar Allan Poe's short story The Tell-Tale Heart.

Supernatural elements, violence, and melodrama are all common elements of Gothic horror.

The monster in Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein is referred to as The Creature, Frankenstein, and The Monster.

The castle, the forest, and the vampire are all common symbols in Gothic horror.

Jonathan Harker is the young lawyer who travels to Castle Dracula in Bram Stoker's novel Dracula.

Love, loss, and redemption are all common themes in Gothic horror.

Montresor is the unnamed protagonist of Edgar Allan Poe's short story The Cask of Amontillado.

A dark and stormy night, a remote castle or mansion, and a graveyard are all common settings in Gothic horror.