1967
| A selection of 165 letters from the owner of Strawberry Hill |
1985
| The Castle of Otranto (1764) is generally regarded as the first gothic novel, initiating a literary genre which would become extremely popular through the early 19th century. Walpole is the forerunner to such authors as Charles Robert Maturin, Ann Radcliffe, Bram Stoker, and Daphne du Maurier. |
1963
| 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 givesus 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 ....[more] |
2010
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