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The castle of Otranto : a gothic story / Horace Walpole ; edited by W.S. Lewis with a new introduction and notes by E.J. Clery.

Por: Colaborador(es): Tipo de material: TextoTextoSeries Oxford world's classicsDetalles de publicación: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.Edición: New edDescripción: xxxviii, 125 p. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780199537211
Tema(s): Género/Forma: Clasificación LoC:
  • PR 3757.W2 C37.2008
Resumen: "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 favourite among his numerous works. His friend, the poet Thomas Gray, wrote that he and his family, having read Otranto, were now `afraid to go to bed o'nights'."-- Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [116]-125).

"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 favourite among his numerous works. His friend, the poet Thomas Gray, wrote that he and his family, having read Otranto, were now `afraid to go to bed o'nights'."-- Publisher description.