The Castle of Otranto Illustrated
Author | : Horace Walpole |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 2021-04-14 |
ISBN-10 | : 9798737590130 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Castle of Otranto Illustrated written by Horace Walpole and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-14 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Castle of Otranto is a book by Horace Walpole first published in 1764 and 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. The aesthetics of the book shaped modern-day gothic books, films, art, music and the goth subculture