The Castle of Otranto
- Kategoria:
- horror
- Seria:
- Oxford World's Classics
- Wydawnictwo:
- Data wydania:
- 2014-10-09
- Data 1. wydania:
- 2014-10-09
- Liczba stron:
- 192
- Czas czytania
- 3 godz. 12 min.
- Język:
- angielski
- ISBN:
- 9780198704447
- Tagi:
- gotyk gothic
The Castle of Otranto (1764) is the first supernatural English novel and one of the most influential works of Gothic fiction. It inaugurated a literary genre that will be forever associated with the effects that Walpole pioneered. Professing to be a translation of a mysterious Italian tale from the darkest Middle Ages, the novel tells of Manfred, prince of Otranto, whose fear of an ancient prophecy sets him on a course of destruction. After the grotesque death of his only son, Conrad, on his wedding day, Manfred determines to marry the bride-to-be. The virgin Isabella flees through a castle riddled with secret passages. Chilling coincidences, ghostly visitations, arcane revelations, and violent combat combine in a heady mix that terrified the novel's first readers.