An Appreciation of the Gothic

[cinemaspam]

Rebecca (1940) dir. Alfred Hitchcock

[terpsikeraunos]

insults i learned from wuthering heights

he’s such a cobweb, a pinch would annihilate him

cockatrice

I’d rather be hugged by a snake

by chance, you’ve managed tolerably

pitiful changeling

it is not poisoned, though I prepared it

don’t degrade yourself into an abject reptile

thou saucy witch

[charlemane]

"How can you enjoy Wuthering Heights? All the characters are so unlikeable!"

[brontefanaticc]

Poor Heathcliff :(

[brontefanaticc]

[gothic-suggestion]

On Halloween dress up as the ghost of Catherine and instead of knocking on people’s front doors, knock on their windows.

[brontefanaticc]

[cinematvdaily]

Emmy Rossum as Christine Daaé and Gerard Butler as The Phantom PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (2004) dir. Joel Schumacher

[persephonerots]

Die-cut cover art for My Sweet Audrina by V.C. Andrews

[vamqira]

Flowers in the Attic, V. C. Andrews

[psalmppasolini]

Cathy you are fucked!

[saimusage]

Caricature of Brontē siblings from an old issue of "Punch" magazine.

Source: The Official Bronte Group on Facebook

[edwardian-masquerade]

"Be with me always - take any form - drive me mad! only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Oh, God! it is unutterable! I can not live without my life! I can not live without my soul!"

-Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

[gothicsgalore]

I saw what I saw

[brontefanaticc]

Broodiest characters in literature ranked by their broodiness.

[classicfilmsource]

Sometimes, I wonder if she doesn’t come back here to Manderley, to watch you and Mr. de Winter together. You look tired. Why don’t you stay here a while and rest, and listen to the sea? It’s so soothing. Listen to it.

Judith Anderson & Joan Fontaine in Rebecca 1940 dir. Alfred Hitchcock

[enchantedbook]

Emily Bronte 's "Wuthering Heights" illustrated by Rovina Cai.