Most likely plot setup of a gothic novel is c) a woman travelling alone on a dark road in a secluded area. Gothic novel is a genre of fiction literature popular in England in 18th and 19th Century. It combines elements of horror, romance and death. The first gothic novel was "The Castle of Otranto" by Horace Walpole (published in 1764). Other authors known for such stories were: Mary Shelley (Frankenstein), Edgar Allan Poe or Bram Stoker (Dracula).
