The Castle of Otranto

Description

This book is the earliest and most influential of the Gothic novels. First published pseudonymously in 1764, The Castle of Otranto purported to be a translation of an Italian story of the time of the crusades. In it Walpole attempted, as he declared in the Preface to the second edition, "to blend the two kinds of romance: the ancient and the modern." He gives us a series of catastrophes, ghostly interventions, revelations of identity, and exciting contests. Crammed with invention, entertainment, terror, and pathos, the novel was an immediate success and Walpole's own favorite among his numerous works. - Back cover.

Subjects

Genres

• Fiction

Series Statement

• Oxford world's classics

Other Editions

• The Castle of Otranto: a gothic storyPaperbackOxford University Press1998-01-01
• Edwards's edition of The castle of OtrantoPrinted by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, bookseller of London1791-01-01
• The castle of Otrantoprinted by Bodoni1791-01-01
• The castle of Otrantoprinted for C. Cooke, No. 17, Paternoster-Row, and sold by all the booksellers in Great Britain and Ireland1794-01-01
• The castle of OtrantoMicroformPublished by David Longworth at the Shakspeare Gallery1801-01-01
• The castle of OtrantoPrinted by James Ballantyne and Co. for John Ballantyne and Company, Edinburgh; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London1811-01-01