The Castle of Otranto - Horace Walpole - Books - Penguin Books Ltd - 9780140437676 - September 27, 2001
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The Castle of Otranto

Horace Walpole

The Castle of Otranto

With this title, Walpole established the Gothic as a literary form in England. It was first published as a scholarly translation from an ancient Italian text, a supernatural tale of a fatal prophecy set in the time of the crusades and one which inspired terror in its early readers.


208 pages, chronology, further reading, notes

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released September 27, 2001
ISBN13 9780140437676
Publishers Penguin Books Ltd
Pages 208
Dimensions 179 × 190 × 13 mm   ·   160 g
Language English  
Editor Gamer, Michael

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