First Love: A Gothic Tale
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| First Love: A Gothic Tale | |
| Author | Joyce Carol Oates |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Gothic novel |
| Publisher | Ecco Press |
| Publication date | 1996 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 85 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-8800-1457-1 (first edition) |
| Preceded by | Zombie |
| Followed by | We Were the Mulvaneys |
First Love: A Gothic Tale is a novella by award-winning novelist and essayist Joyce Carol Oates. It tells the story of Joise S_____, a girl who goes to stay at her aunt's mansion in upstate New York. While there, she has an incestuous relationship with her cousin, Jared.
[edit] Plot summary
After staying there for an extended period of time, Josie starts to have a psychological breakdown within herself, probably from her taboo relationship with her cousin. At one point in the novellette, she and Jared, after initiating sexual intercourse by a creek, sit together. Then, Jared cuts his chest with a stone, and Josie licks the blood off. This is the climax of the novella. After, she leaves the mansion, breaking free of Jared's prison.
