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Overview
The Castle of Otranto is regarded as the first Gothic novel.
The son of Manfred, Prince of Otranto, is mysteriously killed on his wedding day by a huge helmet. The event leads to a fast-paced story of jealous passion, intrigue, murder, and supernatural phenomena unfolding in an atmosphere of thunderclaps, moonlight, and dark castle walls--mirroring the inner turmoils of the characters themselves. Horace Walpole's tale, an immediate success when it first appeared in 1764, is a classic of its genre.
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- ISBN-13: 9781094012773
- ISBN-10: 1094012777
- Publisher: Naxos
- Publish Date: November 2019
- Dimensions: 5.6 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.3 pounds
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