... books are mindless; they include no effort or thinking to read. Coleridge's opinion of the novel suggests that the elements in the gothic novels were not important to its understanding as a romance novel. It might imply his understanding of the world came from a different view point, one of the future. Considering that he went on to write "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner- which was very gothic shows that he did not completely discredit ... the gothic novels value. He must have recognized that the gothic novels were able to capture the reader's attention with the elements that they posse...

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