The Castle of Otranto -

Horace Walpole

Penguin Classics

2002

208 páginas

6h 56m

ISBN-13: 9780140437676

On the day of his wedding, Conrad, heir to the house of Otranto, is killed in mysterious circumstances. Fearing the end of his dynasty, his father, Manfred, determines to marry Conrad's betrothed, Isabella, until a series of supernatural events stands in his way. . . .

Set in the time of the crusades, The Castle of Otranto established the Gothic as a literary form in England. With its compelling blend of psychological realism and supernatural terror, guilty secrets and unlawful desires, it has influenced a literary tradition stretching from Ann Radcliffe and Bram Stoker to Daphne Du Maurier and Stephen King.

This Penguin Classics edition includes a full selection of early responses to the novel, as well as a critical introduction, chronology of Walpole's life and works, suggestions for further reading, and full explanatory notes.

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2.5 (Razoável)

Maneirinho... não me agrada muito

Definitivamente não é um livro que eu leria por pura e espontânea vontade, mas não foi tão ruim lê-lo quanto eu pensei que seria. É inegável que por ser um livro do século 18, a escrita é um pouco cansativa e as condutas de alguns dos personagens; um pouco absurdas, porém, não é tão entediante quanto aparenta.