The Castle Of Otranto
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| Originally published | 1764 |
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| Authors | Horace Walpole |
| Country | England |
| Characters | Hippolita |
| Friar Jerome | |
| Theodore | |
| Matilda | |
| Isabella | |
| Bianca | |
| Frederic | |
| Jaquez | |
| Manfred | |
| Conrad | |
| Diego | |
| Genres | Gothic Fiction |
| Horror Fiction | |
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| ID | 970924 |
About The Castle Of Otranto
The Castle of Otranto is a 1764 novel by Horace Walpole. It is generally regarded as the first gothic novel. In the second edition, Walpole applied the word 'Gothic' to the novel in the subtitle – "A Gothic Story". The novel merged medievalism and terror in a style that has endured ever since.
