The Castle of Otranto

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Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Oxford (1717-97), was a writer, antiquarian and Whig politician best known for his letter-writing and for The Castle of Otranto, the first Gothic novel.When Conrad, son of Prince Manfred of Otranto, is killed in mysterious circumstances on his wedding day, his father, fearing his line is at an end, declares that he will divorce his wife and marry his late son`s intended bride. Soon, however, this planned union brings about a series of supernatural events, tragic misun

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