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Castle of Otranto and the Mysterious Mother

By: Walpole, Horace

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ISBN: 155111304X

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Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story (Oxford World's Classics)

By: Walpole, Horace

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ISBN: 0199537216

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First published pseudonymously in 1764, The Castle of Otranto purported to be a translation of an Italian story of the time of the crusades. In it Walpole attempted, as he declared in the Preface to the Second Edition, "to blend the two kinds of romance: the ancient and the modern." Crammed with invention, entertainment, terror, and pathos, the novel was an immediate success and Walpole's own favorite among his numerous works. The novel is reprinted here from a text of 1798, the last that Walpole himself prepared for the press.
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Castle of Otranto, The

By: Walpole, Horace

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The founding work of Gothic fiction

On the day of his wedding, Conrad, heir to the house of Otranto, is killed in mysterious circumstances. His calculating father Manfred fears that his dynasty will now come to an end and determines to marry his son's bride himself - despite the fact he is already married. But a series of terrifying supernatural omens soon threaten this unlawful union, as the curse placed on Manfred's ancestor, who usurped the lawful Prince of Otranto, begins to unfold. First published pseudonymously in 1764, purporting to be an ancient Italian text from the time of...
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Author:Walpole, Horace

Castle of Otranto and the Mysterious Mother

Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story (Oxford World's Classics)

Castle of Otranto, The