We also have high ceilings, curved oak staircases, disapproving oil paintings. Foxworth Hall reporting for duty! The grand, stately manor home has rather seen better days (haven't we all?) but it sits on over a 100 humid acres in then-rural Virginia, has been the Foxworth family stronghold for generations and has sinister origins: it was a cotton plantation.Ī big part of the 'Flowers in the Attic' story hinges on secret rooms, so you know it has them. And it's gotta be somewhere remote - all the better for the heroine to not be able to run, my dear. We also have high ceilings, curved oak staircases, disapproving oil paintings.Īll good Gothic tales need an imposing house. It's gotta be big. What will the televised tale do with prolific ghostwriter Andrew Neiderman's prequel novel? What is up with Max Irons' accent? And what are the most Gothic touches? That last one is going to be difficult to cap, but in a story where the melodrama is as natural as breathing, we have a few worthy contenders. Like a rambling manor home with multiple rooms, there is much to discuss in this limited series. Andrews felt she had 'prophetic powers': Longtime ghostwriter on 'Flowers in the Attic' author Andrews project ' Flowers in the Attic: The Origin' – the prequel to 'Flowers in the Attic.' The network, with A+E, recently launched a limited series of the one Gothic to rule them all: the V.C. If you like creepy literary hauntings, Chantal James' ' None But the Righteous' or Emma Seckel's forthcoming ' The Wild Hunt' are here for your every eerie desire. You want something Gothic.Ĭlassics like 'Jane Eyre' and 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall' have been staples of my summers, but newer novels have taken up the Gothic mantle lately. You want to disappear into a huge, dark house and the darker, untold stories that lurk there. Sometimes when the weather becomes unbearably warm because it's summer and the planet is on fire, you want a story to transport you to misty, murky moors or a driveway lined with old trees overgrown with Spanish moss.

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