if only you could spend your life in haunted country mansions, surrounded by spectres in the dark and perpetual fog. you are fond of tales of duality (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Frankenstein), and sexual repression (Jane Eyre, Dracula), and the sort of inner torment that comes from being pale and poor. you keep your secrets close and a flask of laudanum even closer.
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Victorian Gothic melancholy
if only you could spend your life in haunted country mansions, surrounded by spectres in the dark and perpetual fog. you are fond of tales of duality (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Frankenstein), and sexual repression (Jane Eyre, Dracula), and the sort of inner torment that comes from being pale and poor. you keep your secrets close and a flask of laudanum even closer.