The Castle of Otranto is a novel by Horace Walpole. First published in 1764, it is generally regarded as the first Gothic novel. In the second edition, Walpole applied the word 'Gothic' to the novel in the subtitle – A Gothic Story. Set in a haunted castle, the novel merged medievalism and terror in a style that has endured ever since. The aesthetic of the book has shaped modern-day Gothic romance/horror books, films, art, music, and the Goth subculture.
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- The Romancist and Novelist's Library
- contained in A Gothic Treasury of the Supernaturalomnibus
- contained in A Treasury of Gothic and Supernaturalomnibus
- contained in Four Gothic Novelsomnibus
- contained in The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story and Lothaire: A Legendanthology
- contained in The Romancist and Novelist's Library: The Best Works of the Best Authors; Volume Ianthology
- contained in Vathek; The Castle of Otranto; The Bravo of Veniceomnibus