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The Castle of Otranto

The Castle of Otranto

by Horace Walpole
Paperback
Publication Date: 30/05/2008

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The Castle of Otranto (1764) is generally regarded as the first gothic novel, initiating a literary genre which would become extremely popular through the early 19th century. Walpole is the forerunner to such authors as Charles Robert Maturin, Ann Radcliffe, Bram Stoker, and Daphne du Maurier.
ISBN:
9781434471543
9781434471543
Category:
Classic fiction
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
30-05-2008
Publisher:
Wildside Press
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
128
Dimensions (mm):
216x140x8mm
Weight:
0.17kg
Horace Walpole

Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Oxford (1717 97), was a writer, antiquarian and Whig politician best known for his letter-writing and for The Castle of Otranto, the first Gothic novel.

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