The Castle of Otranto Illustrated
The Castle of Otranto Illustrated

Author: Horace Walpole

Publisher:

Published: 2020-04-04

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13:

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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

The Castle of Otranto
The Castle of Otranto

Author: Horace Walpole

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 0198704445

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After the death of his only son on his wedding day, Manfred, the Prince of Otranto, determines to marry the bride-to-be, setting himself on a course of destruction.

Strawberry Hill
Strawberry Hill

Author: Anna Chalcraft

Publisher: White Lion Publishing

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780711231849

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A room-by-room tour of one of the wonders of the eighteenth-century architectural world

Horace Walpole and His World: Select Passages from His Letters
Horace Walpole and His World: Select Passages from His Letters

Author: Horace Walpole

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-12-19

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13:

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"Horace Walpole and His World: Select Passages from His Letters" by Horace Walpole. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Hieroglyphic Tales
Hieroglyphic Tales

Author: Horace Walpole

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-11-29

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13:

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"Hieroglyphic Tales" is a collection of enchanting stories written by the renowned author Horace Walpole. This book explores various cultures and eras with its six intriguing tales, including Arabian Nights, Chinese fairy tales, and Milesian tales. Each story is unique and captivating, full of imagination and fantasy. The book contains the following stories: A New Arabian Night's Entertainment - The King and his Three Daughters - The Dice-Box. A Fairy Tale - The Peach in Brandy. A Milesian Tale - Mi Li. A Chinese Fairy Tale - A True Love Story.

Three Gothic Novels
Three Gothic Novels

Author: Horace Walpole

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 1974-06-27

Total Pages: 534

ISBN-13: 014190562X

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The Gothic novel, which flourished from about 1765 until 1825, revels in the horrible and the supernatural, in suspense and exotic settings. This volume, with its erudite introduction by Mario Praz, presents three of the most celebrated Gothic novels: The Castle of Otranto, published pseudonymously in 1765, is one of the first of the genre and the most truly Gothic of the three. Vathek (1786), an oriental tale by an eccentric millionaire, exotically combines Gothic romanticism with the vivacity of The Arabian Nights and is a narrative tour de force. The story of Frankenstein (1818) and the monster he created is as spine-chilling today as it ever was; as in all Gothic novels, horror is the keynote.

Four Gothic Novels
Four Gothic Novels

Author: Horace Walpole

Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks

Published: 1994-07-07

Total Pages: 624

ISBN-13: 9780192823311

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Macabre and melodramatic, set in haunted castles or fantastic landscapes, Gothic tales became fashionable in the late eighteenth century with the publication of Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto (1764). Crammed with catastrophe, terror, and ghostly interventions, the novel was an immediate success, and influenced numerous followers. These include William Beckford's Vathek (1786), which alternates grotesque comedy with scenes of exotic magnificence in the story of the ruthless Caliph Vathek's journey to damnation. The Monk (1796), by Matthew Lewis, is a violent tale of ambition, murder, and incest, set in the sinister monastery of the Capuchins in Madrid. Frankenstein (1818, 1831) is Mary Shelley's disturbing and perennially popular tale of young student who learns the secret of giving life to a creature made from human relics, with horrific consequences. This collection illustrates the range and the attraction of the Gothic novel. Extreme and sensational, each of the four printed here is also a powerful psychological story of isolation and monomania.