Abartis, Caesarea (1979) The Ugly-Pretty, Dull-Bright, Weak-Strong Girl in the Gothic Mansion Journal of Popular Culture 13.2:257-263 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