The Castle of Otranto, 3rd Edition
A Gothic Story
$18.77
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
19 October 2014
Summary
‘Look, my lord! See heaven itself declares against your impious intentions!’
The Castle of Otranto (1764) is the first supernatural English novel and one of the most influential works of Gothic fiction. It inaugurated a literary genre that will be forever associated with the effects that Walpole pioneered. Professing to be a translation of a mysterious Italian tale from the darkest Middle Ages, the novel tells of Manfred, prince of Otranto, whose fear of an ancient prophecy s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198704447 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0198704445 |
| Author: | Horace Walpole, Nick Groom |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Edition: | 3rd |
| Release Date: | 19 October 2014 |
| Weight: | 148g |
| Dimensions: | 11mm x 129mm x 196mm |
| Series: | Oxford World's Classics |
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Horace Walpole
Nick Groom has published widely for both academic and popular readerships, with particular interest in questions of authenticity and the emergence of national and regional identity. His books include The Gothic (2012) for the Very Short Introductions series, The Union Jack: the Story of the British Flag (Atlantic, 2006), and The Seasons: an Elegy for the Passing of the Year (Atlantic, 2013).
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