The Castle of Otranto

Overview:

• Title: The Castle of Otranto
• Author: Horace Walpole
• Year: 1764
• Type: Novel

Notes:

Generally considered a somewhat lightweight work, it is nonetheless acknowledged as the first English Gothic novel, containing all of the ambience that was to characterize all future Gothic fiction.

Editions/Publications:

• 1764. The Castle of Otranto (1764, Horace Walpole London: ??, Hardcover, Novel)
• 1791. The Castle of Otranto (1791, Horace Walpole London: J. Dodsley, 200 pages, Hardcover, Novel)
• 1825. The Castle of Otranto (1825, Horace Walpole London: Baynes & Son, 134+iv pages, Hardcover, Novel)
• 1834. The Castle of Otranto (1834, Horace Walpole London: R. Bentley, 132 pages, Hardcover, Novel)
• 1950. The Castle of Otranto (1950, Horace Walpole London: Grey Walls, 137 pages, Hardcover, Novel)
• 1967. The Castle of Otranto (1967, Horace Walpole Collier Books, Catalog ID: #05520, $0.65, 128 pages, Paperback, Novel)

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