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The Castle of Otranto Illustrated

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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 aesthetic of the book has shaped modern-day gothic books, films, art, music and the goth subculture.

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Product Details
Independently Published
874621626Y / 9798746216267
Paperback / softback
29/04/2021
134 pages, Illustrations, unspecified
140 x 216 mm, 163 grams
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