The Castle of Otranto

Name: The Castle of Otranto
Author: Horace Walpole

by Horace Walpole

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Gothic Fiction

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~3 hours (209K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

1996-10-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Description

First Gothic novel

Subjects

Horror tales Inheritance and succession -- Fiction Gothic fiction

About the author

Horace Walpole

1717–1797

Best known for The Castle of Otranto, he helped launch the Gothic novel and brought a sharp, witty voice to 18th-century English letters. He was also a prolific letter writer whose correspondence offers a vivid window into the culture and politics of his time.

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