by Horace Walpole
Table of Contents
Preface to the First Edition
I would have blogged this novel for NaNoWriMo if it had existed in 1765. Instead, I'm blogging posthumously.
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The Castle of Otranto
Published in 1765, this work is considered the first gothic novel in the English language; its supernatural happenings and mysterious ambiance were widely emulated in the genre.