The Castle of Otranto

by Horace Walpole

EN·~3 hours·8 chapters

Chapters

8 total

INTRODUCTION

4:23

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.

6:57

SONNET TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LADY MARY COKE.

0:34

CHAPTER I.

46:22

CHAPTER II.

43:42

CHAPTER III.

42:26

CHAPTER IV.

38:58

CHAPTER V.

34:55

Description

First Gothic novel

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Details

Language

Duration

~3 hours (209K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

1996-10-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Horror tales Inheritance and succession -- Fiction Gothic fiction

About the author

Horace Walpole

1717–1797

A witty, curious voice from the 18th century, he is best remembered for helping invent Gothic fiction with The Castle of Otranto. His letters and his fanciful home at Strawberry Hill also made him a lasting figure in English literary and cultural history.

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