portada The Castle of Otranto (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Horace Walpole

Editorial

Createspace

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

22.9x15.2x0.4 cm

Peso

0.12 kg.

ISBN13

9781545379172

Categorías

Ficción: general y literaria

The Castle of Otranto (en Inglés)

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The Castle of Otranto is a 1764 novel by Horace Walpole. It is generally regarded as the first gothic novel. The Castle of Otranto tells the story of Manfred, lord of the castle, and his family. The book begins on the wedding-day of his sickly son Conrad and princess Isabella. Shortly before the wedding, however, Conrad is crushed to death by a gigantic helmet that falls on him from above. This inexplicable event is particularly ominous in light of an ancient prophecy, "that the castle and lordship of Otranto should pass from the present family, whenever the real owner should be grown too large to inhabit it". Manfred, terrified that Conrad's death signals the beginning of the end for his line, resolves to avert destruction by marrying Isabella himself while divorcing his current wife Hippolita, who he feels has failed to bear him a proper heir.