The Gothic novel, a popular genre for the Romantics, exemplified in the writing of Horace Walpole and Ann Radcliffe, could contain which of the following elements ?

A. supernatural phenomenon

B. perversion and sadism, often involving a maidens persecution

C. plots of mystery and terror set in inhospitable, sullen landscapes

D. all of the above

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