LoLT: What is Gothic? [re-post]

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🗓️ 17 October 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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We’re currently tucked up in a manor house in Wales with a slew of bookish friends for our Readers Weekend at Trevor Hall. Since it’s Spooky Season — aka, the best season of the year — we’re sharing our previous episode of The Library of Lost Time all about the Gothic. --- In this show, we’re excited about two books: The Murders at Fleat House by Lucinda Riley and Starter Villain by John Scalzi. Then Mel explains what she means when she says the magic word ‘Gothic.’ The Murders at Fleat House by Lucinda Riley Starter Villain by John Scalzi Our review of Well-Schooled in Murder by Elizabeth George What is Goth? Gothic Literature: Basics of the Genre & Key Elements Gothic: An Illustrated History by Roger Luckhurst YouTube: Tristan and the Classics Video: Gothic Literature — Teach Yourself Course Video: 8 Aspects of Gothic Books Transcript of this episode. The Library of Lost Time is a Strong Sense of Place Production! https://strongsenseofplace.com Do you enjoy our show? Want access to fun bonus content? Please support our work on Patreon. Every little bit helps us keep the show going and makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside - https://www.patreon.com/strongsenseofplace As always, you can find us at: Our site Instagram Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello! We are currently tucked into a manor house in Wales with a bunch of bookish friends for our readers weekend at Trevor Hall.
0:13.6	Since it is spooky season.
0:15.5	The best season of the year.
0:16.9	Yep.
0:17.1	We are sharing our previous episode of the Library of Lost Time all about Gothic literature.
0:24.1	It was so much fun. I got to get nerdy about what makes the Gothic so Gothic, and recommend many books that are great to read this time of year.
0:33.9	So grab yourself a candelabra and enjoy the show. Here it is.
0:38.6	Coming up, a gripping police procedural set at a British boarding school.
0:43.6	A story about being the heir to a villain's empire.
0:47.1	Plus our distraction of the week. I'm Mel.
0:49.8	I'm Dave. This is the Library of Lost Time.
0:54.5	I'm going backlist today.
0:56.1	How are you? I am.
0:57.2	What do you got?
0:57.9	It's called The Murders at Fleet House by Lucinda Riley.
1:01.5	The book opens with a foreword.
1:03.5	It's a letter written by the author's son that explains his mom died in 2021.
1:09.2	And this book came out the following year.
1:11.0	Okay.
1:11.8	Lucinda Riley is best known and beloved for her books in the Seven Sisters series.
1:18.2	This is the only crime novel she ever wrote.
1:20.9	And I'm sad that we won't be getting more from her because it's a corker.
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