| Front | the Castle of Otranto |
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| Back | a Gothic story novel Horace Walpole 1764 it was offered as a translation from an imaginary Italian original , but Walpole acknowledged his authorship in the second edition influential in establishing Gothic novel the story is set in the 13th , Manfred is the grandson of a usurper and has no lawful claim to the realm, his grandfather had poisoned the rightful prince, Alfonso Manfred has arranged the marriage of his sole son, Conrad, to the beautiful Isabella, but on the night before marriage Conrad is mysteriously killed Manfred discovered that he has killed his own daughter the tale ends with Theodore and Isabella's marriage. 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.[1] |
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