"It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs."
The ominous tone of this passage is most typical of which genre of literature?
(1 point)
• historical fiction
• romantic fiction
• gothic fiction
• science fiction