In chronological order, this is my list of the top ten Gothic novels and short stories, published before 1850. 1. The Castle of Otranto (1764) 2. The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794) 3. The Monk (1796) 4. Frankenstein (1818) 5. The Vampyre (1819) 6. Melmoth the Wanderer (1820) 7. The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh (1838) 8. The Fall of the House of Usher (1839) 9. Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter (1839) 10. Wuthering Heights (1847) #GothicNovels #EarlyGoth