The Romance of Certain Old Clothes was written by Henry James in February 1868 and was first published in The Atlantic Monthly. The original debut was in Volume 21, Issue 124. This short fictional story can be considered Gothic Literature due to its ghostly nature, social and contemporary issues brought forth in this article. Since this short story had not debuted on its own, many authors included this ghostly story in their anthologies including American Gothic Tales, edited by Joyce Carol Oates, while several others decided to retell the story, for example, Ginevra written by, Samuel Rogers.
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