The Gothic Life and Times of Horace Walpole

Two-hundred and fifty years ago, Horace Walpole published ‘The Castle of Otranto,’ a strange, campy book that’s widely considered to be the first Gothic novel. In real life, his family was beset by tragedy and his life’s obsession was a Gothic castle called Strawberry Hill.

Source: Longreads
Published: Dec 10, 2014
Length: 16 minutes (4,064 words)
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