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The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story (Oxford World's Classics)
The Castle of Otranto A Gothic Story - Oxford World's Classics
Author: Horace Walpole
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." Crammed with invention, entertainment, terror, and pathos, th...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780199537211
ISBN-10: 0199537216
Publication Date: 1/15/2009
Pages: 176
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Paperback
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