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Book Cover for: White Is for Witching, Helen Oyeyemi

White Is for Witching

Helen Oyeyemi
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I see her in my sleep, a star planted seed-deep, her arms outstretched, her fists clenched, her black dress clinging to her like mud. White is for Witching, Helen Oyeyemi

Paperback, 2014

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Book Cover for: Titus Groan, Mervyn Peake

Titus Groan

Mervyn Peake
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We are all imprisoned by the dictionary. We choose out of that vast, paper-walled prison our convicts, the little black printed words, when in truth we need fresh sounds to utter, new enfranchised noises which would produce a new effect. Titus Groan, Mervyn Peake

Paperback, 2007

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Book Cover for: Juniper & Thorn, Ava Reid

Juniper & Thorn

Ava Reid
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And what was a story except a berry you ate over and over again, until your lips and tongue were red and every word you spoke was poison? Juniper & Thorn, Ava Reid

Paperback, 2023

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Book Cover for: Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë
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Time brought resignation, and a melancholy sweeter than common joy. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë

Paperback, 2002

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Book Cover for: The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde
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"Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives." The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde

Paperback, 2003

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Book Cover for: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Washington Irving

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Washington Irving
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Stars shoot and meteors glare oftener across the valley than in any other part of the country, and the nightmare, with her whole ninefold, seems to make it the favorite scene of her gambols. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Washington Irving

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Book Cover for: A Catalogue And Description Of King Charles The First's Capital Collection Of Pictures, Limnings, Statues, Bronzes, Medals, And Other Curiosities: Now, George Vertue

A Catalogue And Description Of King Charles The First's Capital Collection Of Pictures, Limnings, Statues, Bronzes, Medals, And Other Curiosities: Now

George Vertue
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The hearts of both had drunk so deeply of a passion, which both now tasted for the first time. The Castle of Otranto, Horace Walpole

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Book Cover for: The Forsaken Inn, Anna Katharine Green

The Forsaken Inn

Anna Katharine Green
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A man with passions like mine must love; and if that love comes girt with flame and mysterious death, he still must embrace it, and rise and fall as the destinies will. The Forsaken Inn, Anna Katharine Green

Paperback, 2017

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Book Cover for: The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson

The Haunting of Hill House

Shirley Jackson
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"Fear," the doctor said, "is the relinquishment of logic, the willing relinquishing of reasonable patterns. We yield to it or we fight it, but we cannot meet it halfway. " The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson

Paperback, 2006

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Book Cover for: The Castle of Otranto: a Gothic Story, Horace Walpole

The Castle of Otranto: a Gothic Story

Horace Walpole
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"Heaven nor Hell shall impede my designs." The Castle of Otranto, Horace Walpole

Hardcover, 2017

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