Romance & Gothic

Resources in this category:

All About Romance
http://www.likesbooks.com/

"All About Romance - The romance readers home for romance novels, romance reviews, romance authors, and more. For and by romance readers - all with an interactive and back-fence atmosphere. Simply the best romance reviews, and honest, entertaining, and intriguing commentary. We offer printable lists for your next bookstore visit, message boards, and discussion lists. And, don't forget our Historical Cheat Sheet and Web Ring."

The Best of Legends
http://www.bestoflegends.org/

A collection of resources--including commentary and criticism--on the net for various legends, such as Beowulf or Robin Hood. This archive preserves The Best of Legends - links to primary source material, scholarship, essays, and historical surveys - romance, adventure, and panache.

Bookbug on the Web
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/8078/home.html

"The purpose of this web site is to promote the romance genre and its authors. The site includes an extensive list of upcoming releases (romances)...author email addresses, publishing information, over 1400 readers' all-time favorite romances, readers' comments and mini-reviews, lists of specialty books (angel and ghost romances, romantic comedy)."

The Jane Austen Information Page
http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/janeinfo.html

Everything that the Jane Austen fan might wish for including e-texts of her 6 novels and her minor works, Jane Austen trivia, a biography and a bibliography.

The Literary Gothic
http://www.litgothic.com/

"The Literary Gothic is a Web guide to all things concerned with literary Gothicism, which includes ghost stories, 'classic' Gothic novels and Gothic fiction (1764-1820), and related pre- and post-Gothic and supernaturalist literature written prior to the mid-C20. The goals of this site are two-fold: to collect in one place all links pertaining to the Gothic novel, Gothic fiction, and all other forms of literary Gothicism and subsequent traditions, and to make available etexts of important and overlooked early works of Gothic or supernatural interest."

A Regency Repository
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/7517/index.html

"Features information and links to the fashion, music, art, politics, literature, and military history of the era, for lovers of Regency romances."

Romance Novel Database
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~sooty/romance/

"Contains bibliographic information, subject access information, images, and readers' ratings for a variety of novels in different romantic fiction subgenres. The database is designed to function as both a reader's advisory tool and a source of general information about books and authors in the genre of romantic fiction."

The Romance Reader
http://www.theromancereader.com/

This site is devoted to romance novels, ranging from Contemporary to Regency. It offers news and reviews while features provide feedback from both readers and authors. Also available are lists of books in each genre, soon to be released titles, author interviews and readers' recommendations.

Romance Writers of America
http://www.rwanational.org/

"RWA is a non-profit professional/educational association of 8,000 romance writers and other industry professionals." Find the inside scoop on romantic novels on the RWA homepage. Bestseller lists, upcoming releases, and an index of romantic author homepages are a portion of what is offered here.