Castle of Otranto

Horace Walpole, Michael Gamer

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Castle of Otranto

Castle of Otranto

Horace Walpole, Michael Gamer

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Horace Walpole (1717-97), 4th Earl of Orford, was the son of the Whig Prime Minister, Robert Walpole. In 1747 he moved to Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, which he transformed into his "little Gothic castle". He was at the centre of literary and political society and an arbiter of taste. He is remembered for his witty letters to a wide circle of friends.

Michael Gamer is Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Romanticism and the Gothic.

Publishing Information

Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pub date: 2002-01-29
Length: 208 pages

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