The Castle of Otranto (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781973765752)

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.

Author: Horace Walpole
ISBN-10: 1973765756
ISBN-13: 9781973765752
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 07/20/2017
Pages: 98
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.31lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.20d