Publisher's Synopsis
The Castle of Otranto is a book by Horace Walpole first published in 1764 and generally regarded as the first gothic novel. In the second edition, Walpole applied the word 'Gothic' to the novel in the subtitle - "A Gothic Story". The novel merged medievalism and terror in a style that has endured ever since. The aesthetic of the book has shaped modern-day gothic books, films, art, music and the goth subculture.A new, beautifully laid-out edition of Horace Walpole's 1764 classic gothic novel. In addition to being a captivating tale, Walpole's work is considered to be historically significant as the first example of a "gothic" novel.
