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The Castle of Otranto (1764) is generally regarded as the first gothic novel, initiating a literary genre which would become extremely popular through the early 19th century. Walpole is the forerunner to such authors as Charles Robert Maturin, Ann Radcliffe, Bram Stoker, and Daphne du Maurier.
Hardcover:
9781437831757, titled "The Castle of Otranto" | Indypublish.Com, July 30, 2008, cover price $41.99
9781434471550, titled "The Castle of Otranto" | Wildside Pr, May 30, 2008, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: The Castle of Otranto (1764) is generally regarded as the first gothic novel, initiating a literary genre which would become extremely popular through the early 19th century.
9781421803548, titled "The Castle of Otranto" | 1st World Library, February 28, 2006, cover price $26.95
9781404345768, titled "The Castle of Otranto" | Indypublish.Com, March 1, 2003, cover price $94.99 | About this edition: The Castle of Otranto By Horace Walpole
9780848826413 | Amereon Ltd, December 1, 2002, cover price $17.95
2 other edition(s) in this binding (see all)
Paperback:
9781523285419, titled "The Castle of Otranto" | Createspace Independent Pub, January 7, 2016, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: The Castle of Otranto
9781522985761, titled "The Castle of Otranto" | Createspace Independent Pub, December 31, 2015, cover price $5.55
9781522703631, titled "The Castle of Otranto" | Createspace Independent Pub, December 11, 2015, cover price $5.99
9781519459459, titled "The Castle of Otranto" | Createspace Independent Pub, November 23, 2015, cover price $7.99
9781518658617, titled "The Castle of Otranto" | Createspace Independent Pub, October 17, 2015, cover price $7.99
44 other edition(s) in this binding (see all)
CD/Spoken Word:
9781860150562, titled "The Castle of Otranto" | Unabridged edition (Assembled Stories, July 30, 2007), cover price $51.95 | About this edition: Considered one of the greatest Gothic novels, and one of the most influential books in literary history, 'The Castle of Otranto' abounds in thrills, adventure and suspense.
9789626343791, titled "The Castle of Otranto" | Abridged edition (Naxos Audio Books, June 1, 2006), cover price $17.98 | About this edition: The bizarre accident that claims the life of Manfred's only son on the day of that young man's wedding, makes Manfred search for a connection with the ancient prophecy about the castle and its family.
9789626340349, titled "The Castle of Otranto" | Unabridged edition (Naxos Audio Books, April 1, 1995), cover price $15.98
Cassette/Spoken Word:
9781860154331, titled "The Castle of Otranto" | Unabridged edition (Assembled Stories, August 1, 1997), cover price $38.95 | About this edition: The Castle of Otranto By Horace Walpole
9789626345344, titled "The Castle of Otranto" | Abridged edition (Naxos Audio Books, April 1, 1995), cover price $13.98
Hardcover:
9781598182668 | Alan Rodgers Books, September 30, 2005, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: From Horace Walpole's own 1785 introduction: "The Hieroglyphic Tales were undoubtedly written a little before the creation of the world, and have ever since been preserved, by oral tradition, in the mountains of Crampcraggiri, an uninhabited island, not yet discovered.
9780404702120 | Reprint edition (Ams Pr Inc, November 1, 1992), cover price $23.65 | About this edition: Horace Walpole was a distinguished 18th century historian and writer, and his novel The Castle of Otranto was a forerunner of the Gothic genre.
Paperback:
9781505244205 | Createspace Independent Pub, May 8, 2015, cover price $9.99
9781482386691 | Createspace Independent Pub, February 7, 2013, cover price $7.99
9781481213462 | Createspace Independent Pub, December 10, 2012, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Hieroglyphic Tales
9781406560015 | Dodo Pr, October 31, 2007, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: Horace/Horatio Walpole, (1717-1797), more commonly known as Horace Walpole, was a politician, writer, architectural innovator and cousin of Lord Nelson.
9781598188240 | Alan Rodgers Books, June 30, 2006, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: From Walpole's own 1785 introduction: "The Hieroglyphic Tales were undoubtedly written a little before the creation of the world, and have ever since been preserved, by oral tradition, in the mountains of Crampcraggiri, an uninhabited island, not yet discovered.
2 other edition(s) in this binding (see all)
Paperback:
9780198704447 | New edition (Oxford Univ Pr, December 1, 2014), cover price $10.95
Product Description: THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO is the famous 1764 novel by Horace Walpole. It is generally regarded as the first gothic horror novel ever written, starting a literary genre which would become extremely popular in the later 18th and early 19th century, and right on to this day...read more
Paperback:
9781463587314 | Createspace Independent Pub, June 13, 2011, cover price $7.75 | also contains The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story, The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story | About this edition: THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO is the famous 1764 novel by Horace Walpole.
9780199537211 | Oxford Univ Pr, January 15, 2009, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: First published pseudonymously in 1764, The Castle of Otranto purported to be a translation of an Italian story of the time of the crusades.
9780192823519 | Reprint edition (Oxford Univ Pr, November 1, 1996), cover price $6.95 | also contains Foreign Relations of the U.S.: 1969-1976, Foreign Economic Policy, 1973-1976
9780192816061 | Reprint edition (Oxford Univ Pr, October 1, 1982), cover price $5.95 | also contains The Secret Lives of Dresses | About this edition: The bizarre accident that claims the life of Manfred's only son on the day of that young man's wedding, makes Manfred search for a connection with the ancient prophecy about the castle and its family
Product Description: THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO is the famous 1764 novel by Horace Walpole. It is generally regarded as the first gothic horror novel ever written, starting a literary genre which would become extremely popular in the later 18th and early 19th century, and right on to this day...read more
Paperback:
9781463587314 | Createspace Independent Pub, June 13, 2011, cover price $7.75 | also contains The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story, The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story | About this edition: THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO is the famous 1764 novel by Horace Walpole.
9780192834409 | Reprint edition (Oxford Univ Pr, July 16, 1998), cover price $8.95 | About this edition: First published pseudonymously in 1764, The Castle of Otranto purported to be a translation of an Italian story of the time of the crusades.
Paperback:
9780192823519, titled "The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story" | Reprint edition (Oxford Univ Pr, November 1, 1996), cover price $6.95 | also contains The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story
Product Description: In this intriguing book, Morris Brownell offers a fresh account of the career and influence of Horace Walpole (1717-1797), the great English man of letters and art historian. Rejecting both the traditional view of Walpole as a trifling collector of curiosities and the more recent assessment of him as a sober social historian and connoisseur, Brownell argues that Walpole grew to become a serious patron, collector, and historian of the arts - "the Prime Minister of Taste"...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
Hardcover:
9780300087161 | Yale Univ Pr, May 1, 2001, cover price $65.00 | About this edition: In this intriguing book, Morris Brownell offers a fresh account of the career and influence of Horace Walpole (1717-1797), the great English man of letters and art historian.
Hardcover:
9781883145026 | Reprint edition (Ursus Pr, March 1, 1995), cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Book by Walpole, Horace With New Introduction By John Dixon Hunt
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