Victorian Psycho

Jane Eyre meets American Psycho in this provocatively outrageous gothic thriller by Virginia Feito. Gloriously unhinged and darkly funny, Victorian Psycho follows Winifred Notty as she arrives at Ensor House to play the perfect Victorian governess. She intends to tutor her charges, Drusilla and Andrew, tell bedtime stories, and refrain from joking about eating children. But the longer she stays within the decayed grandeur of the estate and learns more about the Pounds family’s perversions and pretensions, the harder she finds it to resist the troubling impulses of her past. Her sardonic wit and love of the gorgeously macabre drive a narrative that creep across moonlit lawns, torment the staff, and push the boundary between imagination and reality until Christmas morning yields a chilling revelation.

Adapted for a major film by A24, this novel blends terrifying imagination with razor-sharp humor to deliver a wildly unforgettable reading experience.

Winifred Notty confronts a world where propriety masks obsession, and the lines between fantasy and deed blur until the shocking finale.

• 208 pages
• Paperback, edition 1
• Publisher: Fourth Estate
• Published 12/02/2026
• Reviews highlight darkly comic, gruesome appeal