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The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Castle of Otranto about?
This book is the earliest and most influential of the Gothic novels. 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." He gives us a series of catastrophes, ghostly interventions, revelations of identity, and exciting contests. Crammed with invention, entertainment, terror, and pathos, the novel was an immediate success and Walpole's own favorite among his numerous works. - Back cover.
Who reads The Castle of Otranto?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Horace Walpole
- Publisher
- Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781497659964
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Thriller
- Rating
- 3.18 / 5 (13,331 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 : a gothic story (2009)
- The Castle of Otranto (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading) (2009)
- 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)