"Das Schloss von Otranto" gilt als eines der Erstlingswerke der Gothic Novel. Walpole erzählt die Geschichte eines Familienoberhauptes, das sich mehr um die Sicherstellung seiner Nachkommen...
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Macabre and melodramtic, set in haunted castles or fantastic landscapes, Gothic tales became fashionable in the late eighteenth century with the publication of Horace Walpole's...
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The Castle of Otranto is a 1764 novel by Horace Walpole. It is generally regarded as the first gothic novel, initiating a literary genre which would become extremely popular in the...
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First published in 1764, Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto, the first Gothic novel, weaves a tale of prophecy, treachery, and supernatural terror. When a giant helmet crushes...
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'Look, my lord! See heaven itself declares against your impious intentions!' The Castle of Otranto (1764) is the first supernatural English novel and one of the most influential...
He was persuaded he could know no happiness but in the society of one with whom he could for ever indulge the melancholy that had taken possession of his soul. The Castle of Otranto...
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Presented here with extra material about the author's life and works, notes and bibliographic information, The Castle of Otranto was the first and most influential novel of the...
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"Fond of medieval romance and mystery as a dilettante's diversion, and with a quaintly imitated Gothic castle as his abode at Strawberry Hill, Walpole in 1764 published The Castle...
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The Castle of Otranto tells the story of Manfred, lord of the castle, and his family. His son, Conrad, is set to be married to princess Isabella, but dies on the day of the wedding...
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On the day of his wedding, Conrad, heir to the house of Otranto, is killed in mysterious circumstances. His calculating father Manfred fears that his dynasty will now come to an end...
The Castle of Otranto was first published in 1764 and is known as the first Gothic novel ever written. After a nightmare involving a ghost featuring a gigantic hand in armour at his...
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