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The Castle of Otranto and Hieroglyphic Tales
Part of the "Everyman" series, which includes a themed introduction, a chronology, a plot summary and selected criticism. This book includes "The Castle of Otranto", the first Gothic novel and "Hieroglyphic Tales", a collection of oriental fables
- GenresFiction18th Century
192 pages, Paperback
First published March 15, 1993
About the author
Horace Walpole
1,249 books245 followersHoratio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford — also known as Horace Walpole — was an English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig 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. Along with the book, his literary reputation rests on his Letters, which are of significant social and political interest. He was the son of Sir Robert Walpole, and cousin of Lord Nelson.
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September 7, 2017
The Castle of Otranto: The ancestor of the Gothic novel, with all the psychological realism of a block of cheese. Walpole claimed he was blending the traditional romance with the modern realistic novel, but his characters are either all good or all bad -- they have no middle gears.
Hieroglyphic Tales: Odd little vignettes, not really full stories. Interesting, but weird.
Hieroglyphic Tales: Odd little vignettes, not really full stories. Interesting, but weird.
November 26, 2017
Total time-pass!!!
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