The document provides an overview of literary gothic stories and books. It discusses how the stories incorporate elements of gothic romance and horror from the Middle Ages, including obscure representations of nature, mind, fear, mystery, imagination, darkness and death. Settings include castles and roads. The stories present fiction, romance and true reports through cultured vocabulary and three basic elements of gothic literature: terror, horror and mystery. The document also lists titles of gothic stories and books, as well as didactic and Brazilian literature works.