As I participate in the Victorian Literature Challenge, I am starting to gain an appreciation of what Victorian lit really is. I've read a fair amount of it, but I've never studied or really identified it before. This book was fantastically spooky with harrowing descriptions of maniacal laughter and images of frightening scenes, such as bed drapes alight in flame. The genre is appealing to me more and more, and I can't wait to read more of it.