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The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole, It is generally regarded as the first gothic novel and a influential book in the history of English literature. A horrible accident on the wedding of Conrad and princess Isabella sets everything in motion as a terrible prophecy is feared. Conrad's father is determined to marry Isabella instead as he believes that it can only be averted if he is the one to marry Isabella instead. As the mysterious events unfold to fulfill the prophecy that will spell doom for the ruler.

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++Trinity College Library Watkinson CollectionT143237The 'Sonnet to the Right Honorable Lady Mary Coke' signed: H. W., i.e. Horace Walpole.London: printed for William Bathoe, and Thomas Lownds, 1765. xvi,200p.; 8°

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT210671Anonymous. By Horace Walpole. The titlepage is engraved.Berlin: printed for Christ: Fred: Himbourg, 1794. XXII,152p., plates; 12°

The Castle of Otranto is a 1764 novel by Horace Walpole. It is generally regarded as the first gothic novel, and it was indeed the first novel to describe itself by that term. Castle is thus generally credited with initiating the Gothic literary genre, one that would become extremely popular in the later 18th century and early 19th century. Thus, Walpole is arguably the forerunner of such authors as Charles Robert Maturin, Ann Radcliffe, Bram Stoker, and Daphne du Maurier.The Castle of Otranto / by Horace Walpole / The Castle of Otranto ebook / The Castle of Otranto Book / The Castle of Otranto kindle book / The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole

Manfred, lord of the Castle of Otranto, is about to have his son, Conrad, married to princess Isabella. But when his son is mysteriously killed by a helmet thrown from above, the ominous words of an old prophecy seem to come to life. Now, in an effort to avoid the extinction of his family Manfred is decided to marry young Isabella himself. Will he manage to succeed on his purpose or are there greater forces behind the princess?