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THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO (1764) stated the vogue for Gothic fiction with its mix of supernatural happenings, crimes of passion and wronged heir restored; horror story , mystery and , at the same time tantilisingly autobigrophical. THE HIEROGLYPHIC TALES (1785, a collection of surrealistic and eerily modern fables, first appeared in a unique edition printed on Walpole's own press, at his gothic house in Twickenham.
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The Castle of Otranto and Hieroglyphic Tales, Horace Walpole, 4. Earl of Orford, Robert L. Mack
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- 1993
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- Title
- The Castle of Otranto and Hieroglyphic Tales
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Everymans Library
- Publisher
- 1993
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN10
- 0460871986
- ISBN13
- 9780460871983
- Category
- World prose, Beloved classics
- Description
- THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO (1764) stated the vogue for Gothic fiction with its mix of supernatural happenings, crimes of passion and wronged heir restored; horror story , mystery and , at the same time tantilisingly autobigrophical. THE HIEROGLYPHIC TALES (1785, a collection of surrealistic and eerily modern fables, first appeared in a unique edition printed on Walpole's own press, at his gothic house in Twickenham.