The Castle of Otranto (AmazonClassics Edition) -

Horace Walpole

AmazonClassics

2019

104 páginas

3h 28m

ISBN-10: B07W425CTB

Hours before his wedding, fifteen-year-old Conrad, heir to the house of Otranto, is crushed to death. His father, Manfred, Lord of Otranto, sees only one recourse to protect the family lineage. He will divorce his wife and marry the boy’s bride-to-be. Her wishes be damned.

When the fearful and resistant Isabella takes flight, Manfred follows in mad pursuit. But it is he who must outrun a greater fear: a curse cast on his family generations ago.

In 1764, with its wild-eyed tyrant, virtuous damsel, secret passages, and supernatural omens, The Castle of Otranto ushered in a new literary genre: the gothic novel.

Revised edition: Previously published as The Castle of Otranto, this edition of The Castle of Otranto (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.

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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.