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The castle of Otranto : a gothic story by Horace Walpole is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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Widely considered the first gothic novel, and indeed an initiator of the whole genre, The Castle of Otranto is a 1764 novel by Horace Walpole. It tells the tale of the lord of a castle, Manfred, and his family. Manfred's son Conrad is about to be married to princess Isabella, but Conrad is killed; crushed to death by the fall of a huge helmet from above. In light of an ancient prophesy, this tragic event is especially ominous.
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Horace Walpole
- Publisher
- The Floating Press
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781775568308
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, Romance
- Rating
- 3.9 / 5 (2,119 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story (Oxford World's Classics) (2014)
- The castle of Otranto : a gothic story (1995)
- The castle of Otranto ... Edited with an introduction by W.S. Lewis. With explanatory notes and note on the text by Joseph W. Reed (1995)
- The Castle of Otranto (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading) (2009)
- The Castle of Otranto (2014)
- The castle of Otranto (2001)
- The castle of Otranto: a gothic story (1963)
- The Castle of Otranto (2018)
- O Castelo De Otranto (1995)
- The Castle Of Otranto (1995)
- Otranto Şatosu (2017)
- The Castle of Otranto (Dover Thrift Editions) (2012)
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