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When Conrad, son of Prince Manfred of Otranto, is killed in mysterious circumstances on his wedding day, his father, fearing his line is at an end, declares that he will divorce his wife and marry his late son’s intended bride. Soon, however, this planned union brings about a series of supernatural events, tragic misunderstandings and cold-blooded murder. Presented as the translation of a medieval Italian text from the time of the crusades, The Castle of Otranto was the first and most influential novel of the eighteenth-century Gothic revival, and introduced several of what became its most recognizable tropes.

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The Castle of Otranto: Annotated Edition

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      Publisher Alma Classics
      Published 25 October 2018
      ISBN-13 9781847497598
      978-1847497598
      ISBN-10 1847497594
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      Fiction Horror & Ghost Stories

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      When Conrad, son of Prince Manfred of Otranto, is killed in mysterious circumstances on his wedding day, his father, fearing his line is at an end, declares that he will divorce his wife and marry his late son’s intended bride. Soon, however, this planned union brings about a series of supernatural events, tragic misunderstandings and cold-blooded murder. Presented as the translation of a medieval Italian text from the time of the crusades, The Castle of Otranto was the first and most influential novel of the eighteenth-century Gothic revival, and introduced several of what became its most recognizable tropes.

      Trade Review
      I have received The Castle of Otranto… It engages our attention here, makes some of us cry a little, and all in general afraid to go to bed o’nights. -- Thomas Gray

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