Robert William Buss, The Ghost Story
Rituals & politics in Carl Grosse’s Horrid Mysteries
Gothic horror and secret societies
Horrid Mysteries by Carl Grosse is one of the seven horrid novels of Northanger Abbey and owes its title to the grotesque nature of its subject matter. Yet despite the violence, murder, and the unexplained supernatural, it is significant for its portrayal of secret societies and the concern around the political role of women within society.
