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| Original Title: | The Castle of Otranto |
| ISBN: | 0192834401 (ISBN13: 9780192834409) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Matilda, Isabella, Manfred, Bianca, Friar Jerome, Theodore, Hippolita, Frederic |
| Setting: | Otranto(Italy) Italy |
Horace Walpole
Paperback | Pages: 125 pages Rating: 3.18 | 21807 Users | 1882 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Castle of Otranto |
| Author | : | Horace Walpole |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Oxford World's Classics |
| Pages | : | Pages: 125 pages |
| Published | : | July 16th 1998 by Oxford University Press (first published 1764) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Gothic. Horror. Fiction. Literature. 18th Century. Fantasy |
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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." Crammed with invention, entertainment, terror, and pathos, the novel was an immediate success and Walpole's own favorite among his numerous works. The novel is reprinted here from a text of 1798, the last that Walpole himself prepared for the press.Rating Out Of Books The Castle of Otranto
Ratings: 3.18 From 21807 Users | 1882 ReviewsCommentary Out Of Books The Castle of Otranto
Horace Walpole's 1764 Castle of Otranto is generally given credit as the first Gothic novel, which makes it interesting from a historical perspective, especially if you're into Gothic stuff, which I totally am because whee, virgins fleeing evil men in drafty castles in their nightgowns! Which this book totally has, and also enormous helmets falling from the sky and crushing dudes, which I can't decide if that's a bummer of a way to go or not. From a literature perspective, it's pretty muchShovel loads of gothicness with a daft plot and formulaic characters; this is regarded as the first gothic novel. Walpole tries to create a new genre quite consciously by combining the new romance style of eighteenth century novels and the older tradition of fantastical tales. Walpole also introduces a number of gothic tropes for the first time; strange and eerie goings on, things that go bump in the night, rapacious and predatory men, beautiful and endangered heroines and a spot of ghostliness.
The Otranto Observer:Prince Gets Squashed by Giant Airborne Helmet! Full News on Page Six! Lord of Otranto Says - "Sorry, the Castle Ain't Mine!"FULL Interview with Covergirl Isabella - "He was Never the One for Me!"Love Advice from Star-Struck Pair! Theodore and Matilda Tell All - How YOU Can Find True Love in Just Ten Seconds!Jerome and Hippolita's 'Faithful's Corner': Why Entering a Monastery's the Only Way to Go!The Commoner's Chronicle: Bianca and her Fellows Tell Why THEY'RE the Ones Who
I really liked this first gothic mystery novel that set everything in motion. Wow, all those characters interwoven with each other. The dark family secret., the supernatural elements (a bit cheesy but nevertheless a bit eerie). Manfred's plans to marry Isabella and the plans for his daughter. Theorode and Jerome. The role of the Marquis. It is a classic romance (almost a blueprint for all other romances) with eerie elements and ghostly appearances. But a very fluent read (there are other works
I while ago I read Northanger Abbey and while I enjoyed it I also felt like missing out on half of the jokes because while was vaguely aware that Gothic novels meant scary old castles, fair maidens and old curses I had never read one of them. So I eventually decided to read one (after buying it, putting it on my tbr-pile and forgetting about it again till yesterday).As it happens The Castle of Otranto is actually the first novel that (in its second edition) was published as "Gothic Novel" and
Put this book on my shelf while doing an interview because I realized I hadn't listed any of the classics. This rather surreal novel is considered the birth mother of gothic fiction. It's not my favorite, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't read it.
Excerpt From: Horace Walpole. The Castle of Otranto. iBooks: It was suggested by a dream from which he said he waked one morning, and of which 'all I could recover was, that I had thought myself in an ancient castle (a very natural dream for a head like mine, filled with Gothic story), and that on the uppermost banister of a great staircase I saw a gigantic hand in armour. In the evening I sat down and began to write, without knowing in the least what I intended to say or relate.'Note: This
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