Read this passage from Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein.
"It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs." The ominous tone of this passage is most typical of which genre of literature? Choose the best answer.
A: Historical fiction
B: Romantic fiction
C: Gothic fiction
D: Science fiction