Description
Presented as the translation of a medieval Italian text from the time of the crusades, The Castle of Otranto was the first and most influential novel of the eighteenth-century Gothic revival, and introduced several of what became its most recognizable tropes.
About the Author
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.
Reviews
I have received The Castle of Otranto... It engages our attention here, makes some of us cry a little, and all in general afraid to go to bed o'nights. -- Thomas Gray
Book Information
ISBN 9781847497598
Author Horace Walpole
Format Paperback
Page Count 160
Imprint Alma Classics
Publisher Alma Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 156g