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7 de ene. de 2024 · Horace Walpole. The world is a comedy to those that think; a tragedy to those that feel. Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford ( 24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797 ), more commonly known as Horace Walpole, was a British politician and writer, noted for his collected letters and for having written the first Gothic horror novel, The Castle of ...
3 de mar. de 1997 · Horace Walpole's connections by birth and breeding with the inner-circle of aristocratic society – while never himself being at the centre of power as his father had been – placed him in an ideal position to chronicle its interests, obsessions and follies, while his natural wit and ability to hone a phrase preserved them brilliantly like flies in amber in the nearly 3,000 extant letters he ...
The Count of Narbonne: A Tragedy, in Five Acts Horace Walpole and Robert Jephson 72 downloads. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2 Horace Walpole 72 downloads. Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Third, Volume 2 (of 4) Horace Walpole 65 downloads. Displaying results 1–19. Project Gutenberg offers 73,546 free eBooks ...
A brilliant essayist, historian, and letter-writer and a notable novelist, dramatist, and amateur antiquary, Horace (christened Horatio) Walpole (WAWL-pohl) was born in London on September 24, 1717.
Summary. Horace Walpole is pivotal to the early Gothic Revival as the author of what has long been hailed as the first Gothic novel, and as the creator of the most influential of all early Gothic Revival houses. This essay explores his intuitively imaginative response to Gothic, and how his love of the decorative profusion and allusive richness ...
24 de sept. de 2021 · Horace Walpole (1717-1797, painting) by Joshua Reynolds 1756. On September 24, 1717, English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian, connoisseur, and collector as well as Whig politician Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford was born. Walpole built Strawberry Hill House in Twickenham, south-west London, reviving the Gothic style some decades ...
Quick Reference. (fourth earl of Orford) (1717–97), fourth son of Sir Robert Walpole, travelled in France and Italy with Gray during 1739–41, and met in Florence Sir Horace Mann, who became one of his most valued correspondents. Walpole was MP successively for Callington, Castle Rising, and Lynn, 1741–67.
