The novel was a success all over Europe, and the poet Thomas Gray commented in a letter to Walpole that it made ‘some of us cry a little, and all in general afraid to go to bed o’nights. It inaugurated a literary genre that will be forever associated with the effects that Walpole pioneered.
The Castle of Otranto blends elements of realist fiction with the supernatural and fantastical, laying down many of the plot devices and character-types that would become typical of the Gothic: secret passages, clanging trapdoors, hidden identities and vulnerable heroines fleeing from men with evil intent. English li, 132 pages 20 cm 'The Castle of Otranto (1764) is the first supernatural English novel and one of the most influential works of Gothic fiction. Faced with the extinction of his line, Manfred vows to divorce his wife and marry the terrified Isabella himself. The novel begins with the death of Manfred’s son, Conrad, who is crushed to death by an enormous helmet on the morning of his wedding to the beautiful princess Isabella. First published in 1764, it is generally regarded as the first gothic novel. It tells the story of Manfred, the prince of Otranto, who is keen to secure the castle for his descendants in the face of a mysterious curse. The Castle of Otranto is a novel by Horace Walpole. Its first edition, published in 1764, claimed to be a translation of a work printed in Naples in 1529 and newly discovered in the library of ‘an ancient Catholic family in the north of England’. 'The Castle of Otranto (1764) is the first supernatural English novel and one of the most influential works of Gothic fiction. 56-63) ESTC t131070 Republisher_date 20190827172348 Republisher_operator Scandate 20190827141855 Scanner Castle of Otranto, by Horace Walpole, is generally viewed as the first Gothic novel.
The Library knows of no copyright restrictions on this item. The story is littered with gothic tropes from hidden identities, damsels in. OL20111612W Page-progression lr Pages 302 Possible copyright status Not in copyright. Castle of Otranto is a gothic short film that adapts the daring 1764 novel that legitimized the horror genre.
Urn:oclc:record:951892282 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier castleofotrant00walp Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t9870cg9b Identifier-bib 39088010284024 Invoice 29 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 11.0 (Extended OCR) Openlibrary_edition The Castle of Otranto was written in 1764 by Horace Walpole and is considered the first Gothic novel due to its supernatural occurrences, plot twists, framing, medieval (i.e., 'Gothic'). Addeddate 14:05:11 Associated-names Bodoni, Giambattista, 1740-1813, printer Barlow, Inigo, engraver Reveley, Willey, -1799, illustrator Birrell, A., active 1770-1820, engraver Sivrac, George, publisher Butler, Mary B., former owner Cooper Union Library, former owner Call number 39088010284024 Camera Canon 5D External-identifier
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