Author Abartis, Caesarea Publication year 1979 Journal Journal of Popular Culture Volume 13.2 Pages 257-263 DOI doi:10.1111/j.0022-3840.1979.1302_257.x Topic gothic romance Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined) Charlotte Brontë Daphne du Maurier Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy/Eleanor Burford Hibbert Claudette Nicole