The Castle of Otranto
The Castle of Otranto
By: Horace Walpole
Softcover ISBN: 9781596881372
Hardcover ISBN: 9781596881372
Subject: Suspense / Thriller, Fiction, Mystery
Considered the first gothic novel, initiating a literary genre that would influence such authors as Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe, and Daphne du Maurier, it tells the story of Manfred, lord of the castle, the death of his son on his wedding day, and the fulfillment of the ancient prophecy surrounding the castle.
Title information
Pages: 150
Language: English
Publisher: The Large Print Book Company, LLC
Horace Walpole
HORACE WALPOLE, 4th Earl of Orford (1717-1797) was an English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician. He is now largely remembered for Strawberry Hill, the home he built in Twickenham, southwest London where he revived the Gothic style some decades before his Victorian successors, for his Gothic novel, The Castle of Otranto, and his Letters, which are of significant social and political interest.
Birthplace: London, United Kingdom
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