the ole baron

In reading this again after clarifying the defining characteristics of Gothic literature I tried to read more closely for these themes. The ruins and the un-home continues to pervade the story. As the plot unravels we discover that Edmund is the son of the Old Baron, now merely a ghost. Their initial intuitions regarding his character were correct. This novel reads more like a mystery and I am having difficulty seeing the Gothic style in which Reeves claims her fame. We read Marry Shelley's Frankenstein in fiction who is another one of the most famous Gothic writers but I don't see any connections. I am probably biased right now because I am juggling The Old Enlish Baron and Maltise Falcon, one of the most charastic detective novels around. Regardless, This reading is definitely speeding up I just needed to warm up to her style.