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Hace 4 días · Horace Walpole (born September 24, 1717, London, England—died March 2, 1797, London) was an English writer, connoisseur, and collector known for his novel The Castle of Otranto (1764), the first Gothic novel in the English language and one of the earliest literary horror stories.
- Horace Walpole
Walpole consciously cultivated letter writing as an art. His...
- Horace Walpole
Hace 4 días · Notable Family Members: son Horace Walpole. Robert Walpole, 1st earl of Orford (born August 26, 1676, Houghton Hall, Norfolk, England—died March 18, 1745, London) was a British statesman (in power 1721–42), generally regarded as the first British prime minister. He deliberately cultivated a frank, hearty manner, but his political ...
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Hace 2 días · Facsimile of Lady Walpole's handwriting etched below image and above title. Plate from: Coxe, W. Memoirs of Horatio, Lord Walpole. London : Printed for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, 1802. Sheet trimmed within plate mark. Mounted on page 22. Provenance Purchased from Sabin; November 1928. Extent
Hace 5 días · Gothic fiction is characterized by an environment of fear, the threat of supernatural events, and the intrusion of the past upon the present. [2] [3] The setting typically includes physical reminders of the past, especially through ruined buildings which stand as proof of a previously thriving world which is decaying in the present. [4]
Hace 4 días · To the distress of his son Horace, the famous man of letters, Walpole’s collection of pictures was sold to the empress of Russia by Walpole’s grandson George in 1779. Now in the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg , it was one of the most remarkable collections in Europe.
Hace 5 días · Saint Catherine of Siena . Public Domain . Saint Catherine of Siena was born in 1347 in Italy and lived until 1380. She was a Dominican nun, theologian, philosopher, and mystic. She firmly defended the Church and the pope, especially in a period when many conflicts arose against him.
Hace 3 días · She was among the society of George I and George Augustus, Prince of Wales, and counted amongst her friends Molly Skerritt, Lady Walpole, John, Lord Hervey, Mary Astell, Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, Alexander Pope, John Gay, and Abbé Antonio Schinella Conti.In December 1715, at the age of twenty-six, Lady Mary contracted smallpox.
