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15 de mar. de 1993 · Jealous passion leads to murder, ghostly incarnations and desperate pursuits, before Manfred, false Prince of Otranto, is exposed and order is finally restored to the land. At once a horror story, a mystery and a parody, The Castle of Otranto is also a tantalizing autobiographical work by one of England's most witty and perspective ...
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3.33. 30 ratings2 reviews. Part of the "Everyman" series, which includes a themed introduction, a chronology, a plot summary and selected criticism. This book includes "The Castle of Otranto", the first Gothic novel and "Hieroglyphic Tales", a collection of oriental fables. Genres Fiction18th Century.
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13 de dic. de 2014 · Horace Walpole. The novel focuses on Manfred, the lord of the castle, as he seeks to avert an ancient prophecy by marrying his dead son's betrothed, Isabella, to produce another male heir. As the ...
18 de may. de 2024 · Beside The Castle of Otranto, Walpole published several non-fictional works, and the small collection of stories titled Hieroglyphic tales (1785). The book is ironically presented by an anonymous author as based on an ancient manuscript and contains six fantastic stories, which reveal how Walpole was inspired by the orientalist vogue ...
The Castle Of Otranto And Hieroglyphic Tales: A Gothic Story (Everyman) : Walpole, Horace: Amazon.es: Libros
Walpole opened a private press that published his own works and that of his friends. He is well known for his Gothic romance novel, The Castle of Otranto. Horace Walpole died in London on...
In 1764, he published his Gothic novel, The Castle of Otranto, setting a literary trend to go with the architecture. From 1762 on, he published his Anecdotes of Painting in England, and in 1785 he published his Hieroglyphic Tales.
