An edition of The Castle of Otranto (1764)

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An edition of The Castle of Otranto (1764)

The castle of Otranto

  • 3.30 ·
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  • 20 Have read

This book is the earliest and most influential of the Gothic novels. 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." He gives us a series of catastrophes, ghostly interventions, revelations of identity, and exciting contests. Crammed with invention, entertainment, terror, and pathos, the novel was an immediate success and Walpole's own favorite among his numerous works. - Back cover.

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The Castle of Otranto
2017, Standard Ebooks
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The Castle of Otranto: a Gothic story
2014, Oxford University Press
Paperback in English
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The castle of Otranto
2010, Nabu Press
in English
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The Castle of Otranto
2009, The Floating Press
E-book in English
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The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story
January 2004, Barnes & Noble
Paperback in English
Cover of: The castle of Otranto
The castle of Otranto: a Gothic story
1964, Oxford University Press
in English
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The Castle of Otranto
1931, Frederick A. Stokes Co.
in English
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Cover of: The castle of Otranto
The castle of Otranto: a Gothic story
1791, Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, bookseller of London
in English - The sixth edition.
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The castle of Otranto
1766, Naxos Audiobooks

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