The Castle of Otranto
by Walpole, Horace
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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Synopsis
The Castle of Otranto is a 1764 novel by Horace Walpole. It is generally regarded as the first gothic novel, initiating a literary genre which would become extremely popular in the later 18th century and early 19th century. Thus, Castle, and Walpole by extension is arguably the forerunner to such authors as Charles Robert Maturin, Ann Radcliffe, Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe and Daphne du Maurier.
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- Bookseller
- James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9025368
- Title
- The Castle of Otranto
- Author
- Walpole, Horace
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- Westerham
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- LIMITED EDITION EDITIONS CLUB SIGNED;
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