The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story

Walpole, Horace

ISBN 10: 0850671035 / ISBN 13: 9780850671032

Published by The Folio Society, 1976

About this Item

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story
• Publisher: The Folio Society
• Publication Date: 1976
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0850671035
• ISBN 13: 9780850671032
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Illus. By Charles Keeping
• Condition: Like New

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Synopsis

Provenance; from the library of Pehoe Auely '76 [?] with the owner's bookplate. Physical description; 142 p., [6] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 23 cm. Notes; In slip case. 'The text follows the collected edition of 1798 ...' - title page verso. Summary; On his wedding day, Conrad, heir to the House of Otranto, is killed under mysterious circumstances. His calculating father, Manfred, fears that his dynasty will now come to an end, and determines to marry his son's bride himself -- despite the fact that he already is married. But a series of terrifying supernatural omens soon threaten this unlawful union, as the curse placed on Manfred's ancestor, who usurped the lawful Prince of Otranto, begins to unfold. Subjects; English fiction. Fiction in English. Castles - Fiction. Inheritance and succession - Fiction. Horror tales, English. Gothic fiction (Literary genre). Italy - Fiction. Fiction in English, (1745-1800) - Texts. Genres; Illustrated. Novel.

Review

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