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The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole

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THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO is a Gothic masterpiece by Horace Walpole (1717-1797). The story follows the misfortunes of Manfred, lord of Castle of Otranto in Italy whose son Conrad dies mysteriously just before he is to marry. Since an ancient prophecy foretells of the extinction of the Otrantos, Manfred fears the ancient doom of Otranto has come to claim him.This edition includes an active table of ... Read more

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THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO is a Gothic masterpiece by Horace Walpole (1717-1797). The story follows the misfortunes of Manfred, lord of Castle of Otranto in Italy whose son Conrad dies mysteriously just before he is to marry. Since an ancient prophecy foretells of the extinction of the Otrantos, Manfred fears the ancient doom of Otranto has come to claim him.This edition includes an active table of
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THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO

by HORACE WALPOLE. ...

HORACE WALPOLE was the youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole, the great statesman, who died Earl of Orford. He was born in 1717, the year in which his father resigned office, remaining in opposition for almost three years before his return to a long tenure of power. Horace Walpole was educated at Eton, where he formed a school friendship with Thomas Gray, who was but a few months older. In 1739 Gray ... Read more

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HORACE WALPOLE was the youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole, the great statesman, who died Earl of Orford. He was born in 1717, the year in which his father resigned office, remaining in opposition for almost three years before his return to a long tenure of power. Horace Walpole was educated at Eton, where he formed a school friendship with Thomas Gray, who was but a few months older. In 1739 Gray
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The Castle of Otranto

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The Castle of Otranto is regarded as the first gothic novel as it merges medievalism and terror in a style that has endured ever since. The aesthetics of the book shaped modern-day gothic books, films, art, music and the goth subculture. The book begins on the wedding-day of his sickly son Conrad and princess Isabella. Shortly before the wedding, however, Conrad is crushed to death by a gigantic ... Read more

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The Castle of Otranto is regarded as the first gothic novel as it merges medievalism and terror in a style that has endured ever since. The aesthetics of the book shaped modern-day gothic books, films, art, music and the goth subculture. The book begins on the wedding-day of his sickly son Conrad and princess Isabella. Shortly before the wedding, however, Conrad is crushed to death by a gigantic
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Hieroglyphic Tales

by Horace Walpole ...

Series series Gothic & Horror
Six tales so strange that Walpole printed only six copies and told friends they were nonsense written for his own amusement — a princess born of a nose, a king who wants nothing, sentences that fold in on themselves. The man who built Strawberry Hill and invented the Gothic novel here invented something closer to Sterne and Lear, a century early. ... Read more

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Six tales so strange that Walpole printed only six copies and told friends they were nonsense written for his own amusement — a princess born of a nose, a king who wants nothing, sentences that fold in on themselves. The man who built Strawberry Hill and invented the Gothic novel here invented something closer to Sterne and Lear, a century early.
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50 Classic Gothic Works Vol. 1 (Golden Deer Classics)

Dracula, Frankenstein, The Black Cat, The Picture Of Dorian Gray...

by Oscar Wilde, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Golden Deer Classics, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, William Beckford, H.P. Lovecraft, Ann Radcliffe, William Godwin, Charles Brockden Brown, Jane Austen, Mary Shelley, Charles Robert Maturin, Washington Irving, James Hogg, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Victor Hugo, Charlotte Brontë, James Malcom Rymer, Robert Louis Stevenson, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Horace Walpole ...

The Castle of Otranto - Horace Walpole The History of Caliph Vathek - William Beckford The Mysteries of Udolpho - Ann Radcliffe Caleb Williams - William Godwin Wieland: or, The Transformation - Charles Brockden Brown Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen Frankenstein - Mary Shelley Melmoth the Wanderer (Lock and Key Version) - Charles Robert Maturin The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Washington Irving The ... Read more

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The Castle of Otranto - Horace Walpole The History of Caliph Vathek - William Beckford The Mysteries of Udolpho - Ann Radcliffe Caleb Williams - William Godwin Wieland: or, The Transformation - Charles Brockden Brown Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen Frankenstein - Mary Shelley Melmoth the Wanderer (Lock and Key Version) - Charles Robert Maturin The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Washington Irving The
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The Castle of Otranto

by Horace Walpole ...

"The Castle of Otranto" tells the story of Manfred, the lord of the Castle of Otranto, who seeks to maintain his family's lineage and power. When his son Conrad dies mysteriously on his wedding day, Manfred becomes obsessed with producing a male heir to secure his dynasty. He is willing to go to extreme lengths, including defying societal and moral conventions, to achieve his goal.The novel is ... Read more

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"The Castle of Otranto" tells the story of Manfred, the lord of the Castle of Otranto, who seeks to maintain his family's lineage and power. When his son Conrad dies mysteriously on his wedding day, Manfred becomes obsessed with producing a male heir to secure his dynasty. He is willing to go to extreme lengths, including defying societal and moral conventions, to achieve his goal.The novel is
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The Castle of Otranto

by Horace Walpole ...

The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole is widely regarded as the first Gothic novel, a groundbreaking work that established many of the conventions that would define the genre for centuries to come. First published in 1764, the novel combines elements of mystery, romance, horror, and the supernatural, creating a dramatic and atmospheric narrative that has influenced countless later writers. The ... Read more

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The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole is widely regarded as the first Gothic novel, a groundbreaking work that established many of the conventions that would define the genre for centuries to come. First published in 1764, the novel combines elements of mystery, romance, horror, and the supernatural, creating a dramatic and atmospheric narrative that has influenced countless later writers. The
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Three Gothic Novels

by Horace Walpole, Mary Shelley, William Beckford ...

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The Gothic novel, which flourished from about 1765 until 1825, revels in the horrible and the supernatural, in suspense and exotic settings.This volume, with its erudite introduction by Mario Praz, presents three of the most celebrated Gothic novels: The Castle of Otranto, published pseudonymously in 1765, is one of the first of the genre and the most truly Gothic of the three. Vathek (1786), an ... Read more

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The Gothic novel, which flourished from about 1765 until 1825, revels in the horrible and the supernatural, in suspense and exotic settings.This volume, with its erudite introduction by Mario Praz, presents three of the most celebrated Gothic novels: The Castle of Otranto, published pseudonymously in 1765, is one of the first of the genre and the most truly Gothic of the three. Vathek (1786), an
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Horace Walpole and his World

by Horace Walpole ...

We offer to the general reader some specimens of Horace Walpole’s correspondence. Students of history and students of literature are familiar with this great mine of facts and fancies, but it is too extensive to be fully explored by those who have not both ample leisure and strong inclination for such employment. Yet most persons, we imagine, would be glad to have some acquaintance with the prince ... Read more

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We offer to the general reader some specimens of Horace Walpole’s correspondence. Students of history and students of literature are familiar with this great mine of facts and fancies, but it is too extensive to be fully explored by those who have not both ample leisure and strong inclination for such employment. Yet most persons, we imagine, would be glad to have some acquaintance with the prince
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The Castle of Otranto

by Horace Walpole ...

According to Wikipedia: "Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (24 September 1717 2 March 1797), was an English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and politician. He is now largely remembered for Strawberry Hill, the home he built in Twickenham, south-west London where he revived the Gothic style some decades before his Victorian successors, and for his Gothic novel, The Castle of Otranto. ... Read more

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According to Wikipedia: "Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (24 September 1717 2 March 1797), was an English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and politician. He is now largely remembered for Strawberry Hill, the home he built in Twickenham, south-west London where he revived the Gothic style some decades before his Victorian successors, and for his Gothic novel, The Castle of Otranto.
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HALLOWEEN Boxed Set

550+ Horror Classics, Supernatural Mysteries & Macabre Stories

by H. P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, M. R. James, Henry James, Algernon Blackwood, Wilkie Collins, E. F. Benson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Machen, William Hope Hodgson0, Arthur Conan Doyle1, Grant Allen2, Mary Shelley3, Bram Stoker4, Théophile Gautier5, Richard Marsh6, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu7, Thomas Hardy8, Charles Dickens9, Rudyard Kipling0, Guy de Maupassant1, Elizabeth Gaskell2, Mark Twain3, Daniel Defoe4, Jerome K. Jerome5, Fitz-James O'Brien6, Catherine Crowe7, Émile Erckmann8, Alexandre Chatrian9, Pedro De Alarçon0, Walter Hubbell1, Amelia B. Edwards2, Washington Irving3, John Meade Falkner4, Harriet Beecher Stowe5, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman6, Louisa M. Alcott7, Edith Nesbit8, Mary Louisa Molesworth9, Francis Marion Crawford0, John Kendrick Bangs1, Gertrude Atherton2, J. K. Huysmans3, John Buchan4, Sabine Baring-Gould5, Cleveland Moffett6, Louis Tracy7, Nikolai Gogol8, James Malcolm Rymer9, Thomas Peckett Prest0, Frederick Marryat1, Oscar Wilde2, Robert Louis Stevenson3, H. G. Wells4, Charlotte Perkins Gilman5, W. W. Jacobs6, H. H. Munro (Saki)7, Wilhelm Hauff8, Mary Elizabeth Braddon9, Robert W. Chambers0, Edward Bulwer-Lytton1, Thomas De Quincey2, William Makepeace Thackeray3, E. T. A. Hoffmann4, Robert E. Howard5, David Lindsay6, Marie Belloc Lowndes7, Edward Bellamy8, Jack London9, Pliny the Younger0, Helena Blavatsky1, Fergus Hume2, Florence Marryat3, Villiers de l'Isle Adam4, William Archer5, William F. Harvey6, Katherine Rickford7, Ralph Adams Cram8, Leopold Kompert9, Brander Matthews0, Vincent O'Sullivan1, Ellis Parker Butler2, A. T. Quiller-Couch3, Fiona Macleod4, Lafcadio Hearn5, William T. Stead7, Gambier Bolton8, Andrew Jackson Davis9, Nizida0, Walter F. Prince1, Chester Bailey Fernando2, Leonard Kip3, Frank R. Stockton4, Bithia Mary Croker5, Catherine L. Pirkis6, Leonid Andreyev7, Anatole France8, Olivia Howard Dunbar9, Richard Le Gallienne00, Sax Rohmer01, Horace Walpole02, William Thomas Beckford03, Matthew Gregory Lewis04, Ann Radcliffe05, Jane Austen06, John William Polidori07, Charlotte Brontë08, Emily Brontë09, Marjorie Bowen10, George W. M. Reynolds11, M. P. Shiel12, Adelbert von Chamisso13, S. Mukerji14 ...

Translated by Lafcadio Hearn6, J. T. Bealby15, Keene Wallace16, Samuel Henley17, Isabel F. Hapgood18, C. J. Hogarth19 ...

The 'HALLOWEEN Boxed Set' is a testament to the potent blend of gothic, horror, and supernatural traditions in literature, crafted by some of the most revered names in the field. From the macabre psychological explorations of Poe to the eerie landscapes painted by Lovecraft, the collection spans a fascinating range of styles and periods. This anthology not only showcases classic narratives that ... Read more

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The 'HALLOWEEN Boxed Set' is a testament to the potent blend of gothic, horror, and supernatural traditions in literature, crafted by some of the most revered names in the field. From the macabre psychological explorations of Poe to the eerie landscapes painted by Lovecraft, the collection spans a fascinating range of styles and periods. This anthology not only showcases classic narratives that
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The Castle of Otranto

by Horace Walpole ...

"The Castle of Otranto", by Horace Walpole, published in 1764, is generally viewed as the first Gothic novel and it is often said to have founded the horror story as a legitimate literary form.It tells the story of Manfred, the prince of Otranto, who is keen to secure the castle for his descendants in the face of a mysterious curse. The novel begins with the death of Manfred’s son, Conrad, who is ... Read more

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"The Castle of Otranto", by Horace Walpole, published in 1764, is generally viewed as the first Gothic novel and it is often said to have founded the horror story as a legitimate literary form.It tells the story of Manfred, the prince of Otranto, who is keen to secure the castle for his descendants in the face of a mysterious curse. The novel begins with the death of Manfred’s son, Conrad, who is
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