The Castle of Otranto

The Castle of Otranto

by Horace Walpole
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 01/11/2012

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The Castle of Otranto is a 1764 novel by Horace Walpole. It is generally regarded as the first Gothic romance, initiating a literary genre which would become extremely popular in the later 18th century and 19th century. Walpole, publishing under a pseudonym, claimed the novel was a translation of an Italian romance dating back to the time of the Crusades.

ISBN:
9781625580023
9781625580023
Category:
Fiction
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
01-11-2012
Language:
English
Publisher:
Start Publishing LLC
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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