01707nam a2200325 i 4500 418012 InACL 20260926144242.0 260926s2003 xx 0 eng d 9781551113043 155111304X InACL eng rda InACL 828609 NAL 23 Walpole, Horace author The Castle of Otranto and The Mysterious Mother (Broadview Literary Texts) / Horace Walpole Broadview Press, 2003 357 pages text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier "Published on Christmas Eve, 1764, on Walpole's private press at Strawberry Hill, his Gothicized country house, The Castle of Otranto became an instant and immediate classic of the Gothic genre as well as the prototype for Gothic fiction for the next two hundred years. Walpole's brooding and intense drama. The Mysterious Mother, focuses on the protagonist's angst over an act of incest with his mother, and includes the appearance of Father Benedict, Gothic literature's first evil monk." "Appendices in this edition include selections from Walpole's letters, contemporary responses, and writings illustrating the aesthetic and intellectual climate of the period. Also included is Sir Walter Scott's introduction to the 1811 edition of The Castle of Otranto."--BOOK JACKET. Short stories Inheritance and succession Fiction Fiction - General Romance - Gothic Literary English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Fiction / Romance / Gothic 632629 632629 0 0 0 0 ACL ACL GEN 2026-09-26 0 828609 NAL 418012 2026-09-26 14:42:42 2026-09-26 BK