The Castle of Otranto

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English-language literary work Gothic novel novel

The Castle of Otranto is a 1764 novel by Horace Walpole that is widely regarded as the first Gothic novel, blending medieval romance with supernatural horror.

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Castle of Otranto 1
The Castle of Otranto (1764 novel) 1
The Castle of Otranto (1764) 1
The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole 1
The Castle of Otranto, or The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story 1
inspired "The Castle of Otranto" 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English-language literary work ⓘ
Gothic novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptedAs stage adaptations ⓘ
author Horace Walpole ⓘ
containsMotif ancestral curse ⓘ
forbidden love ⓘ
haunted castle ⓘ
labyrinthine architecture ⓘ
prophetic visions ⓘ
supernatural apparitions ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
criticalReputation often described as the first Gothic novel ⓘ
firstEditionPublisher Thomas Lownds ⓘ
genre Gothic fiction ⓘ
horror fiction ⓘ
medieval romance ⓘ
hasTheme family curse ⓘ
hereditary guilt ⓘ
legitimacy and inheritance ⓘ
prophecy and fate ⓘ
supernatural ⓘ
tyranny and usurpation ⓘ
influenced Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
Gothic novel tradition ⓘ
Matthew Gregory Lewis ⓘ
initialPublicationForm anonymous publication ⓘ
inThePublicDomain true ⓘ
laterEditionParatext author’s preface acknowledging authorship ⓘ
literaryMovement Gothic literature ⓘ
literarySignificance established many conventions of Gothic fiction ⓘ
mainCharacter Conrad ⓘ
Hippolita ⓘ
Isabella ⓘ
Manfred ⓘ
Matilda ⓘ
Theodore ⓘ
narrativeForm prose fiction ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
originalClaimedForm translation of an Italian manuscript ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
placeOfPublication London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
publicationDate 1764 ⓘ
settingCountry Italy ⓘ
settingLocation Otranto ⓘ
settingPeriod medieval period ⓘ
structure five chapters ⓘ
subtitle A Story ⓘ

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Isabella → appearsIn → The Castle of Otranto ⓘ
Matilda → appearsIn → The Castle of Otranto ⓘ
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Matilda → diesIn → The Castle of Otranto ⓘ
Hippolita → firstAppearance → The Castle of Otranto ⓘ
Matilda → firstAppearance → The Castle of Otranto ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Castle of Otranto (1764)
Gothic literature → firstMajorWork → The Castle of Otranto ⓘ
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this entity surface form: The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
Strawberry Hill Press → hasNotableWork → The Castle of Otranto ⓘ
Horace Walpole → knownFor → The Castle of Otranto ⓘ
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Strawberry Hill House → notableWork → The Castle of Otranto ⓘ
this entity surface form: inspired "The Castle of Otranto"
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this entity surface form: The Castle of Otranto (1764 novel)
Hippolita → relatedWork → The Castle of Otranto ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Castle of Otranto, or The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story
The Mysterious Mother → relatedWorkByAuthor → The Castle of Otranto ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Castle of Otranto