The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole

The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole

A gigantic supernatural helmet inexplicably crushes the young prince of Otranto on his wedding day, and the ensuing chaos — usurped inheritance, ghostly portents, a scheming lord determined to secure the succession by any means — set the template for an entire genre that followed.

Walpole's 1764 novel is widely credited as the first gothic novel, establishing conventions that would define the genre for centuries: a crumbling castle setting, supernatural intrusion, family curses and secrets, and an atmosphere of mounting dread and mystery.

The founding work of the gothic novel genre, essential reading for understanding its origins.

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