- EAN13
- 9782385820282
- Éditeur
- Quick Read
- Date de publication
- 16/02/2024
- Langue
- anglais
- Fiches UNIMARC
- S'identifier
Livre numérique
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Aide EAN13 : 9782385820282
- Fichier EPUB, libre d'utilisation
- Fichier Mobipocket, libre d'utilisation
- Lecture en ligne, lecture en ligne
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Discover a new way to read classics with Quick Read.
This Quick Read edition includes both the full text and a summary for each
chapter.
\- Reading time of the complete text: about 3 hours
\- Reading time of the summarized text: 5 minutes
The Castle of Otranto is a novel by Horace Walpole, published in 1764, and is
generally regarded as the first gothic novel. The novel merged medievalism and
terror in a style that has endured ever since. Walpole was inspired to write
the story after a nightmare he had at his Gothic Revival home, Strawberry Hill
House. The novel initiated a literary genre that would become extremely
popular in the later 18th and early 19th century. The Castle of Otranto is
widely regarded as the first Gothic novel, and is a singularly influential
work of Gothic fiction. It blends elements of realist fiction with the
supernatural and fantastical, establishing many of the plot devices and
character types that would become typical of the Gothic novel. The novel tells
the story of Manfred, lord of the castle, and his family. The violent question
of bloodlines and succession serves as a key element in many of Shakespeare's
plays, from Hamlet to Richard II and Macbeth, and it is clearly one of the
major concerns of Otranto. Otranto is generally credited with creating the
entire Gothic novel genre.
This Quick Read edition includes both the full text and a summary for each
chapter.
\- Reading time of the complete text: about 3 hours
\- Reading time of the summarized text: 5 minutes
The Castle of Otranto is a novel by Horace Walpole, published in 1764, and is
generally regarded as the first gothic novel. The novel merged medievalism and
terror in a style that has endured ever since. Walpole was inspired to write
the story after a nightmare he had at his Gothic Revival home, Strawberry Hill
House. The novel initiated a literary genre that would become extremely
popular in the later 18th and early 19th century. The Castle of Otranto is
widely regarded as the first Gothic novel, and is a singularly influential
work of Gothic fiction. It blends elements of realist fiction with the
supernatural and fantastical, establishing many of the plot devices and
character types that would become typical of the Gothic novel. The novel tells
the story of Manfred, lord of the castle, and his family. The violent question
of bloodlines and succession serves as a key element in many of Shakespeare's
plays, from Hamlet to Richard II and Macbeth, and it is clearly one of the
major concerns of Otranto. Otranto is generally credited with creating the
entire Gothic novel genre.
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