
The Castle of Otranto
by Horace Walpole
Title:
The Castle of Otranto
Author:
Horace Walpole
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
208 pages
Publisher:
TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale
ISBN-13:
9780140437676
EAN:
9780140437676
Classifications:
Classic and Biographical
Weight (g):
280
Dimensions (mm):
190 x 179 x 13
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
With this title, Walpole established the Gothic as a literary form in England. It was first published as a scholarly translation from an ancient Italian text, a supernatural tale of a fatal prophecy set in the time of the crusades and one which inspired terror in its early readers.

















