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Il castello d'Otranto (I grandi romanzi) (Italian Edition) - Horace Walpole, Oreste Del Buono, Mario Praz
Il castello d'Otranto (I grandi romanzi) (Italian Edition)
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Format: kindle
ISBN: 9788858661239
ASIN: B00GCB34V8
Publisher: BUR
Pages no: 167
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy, Classics, Literature, European Literature, British Literature, Mystery, Horror, Gothic, 18th Century
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The better to see you, my dear
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5.0 I honestly tried
text I honestly tried
I don't know whether I read a satire written as a self-challenge to pack as much over-the-top drama in as few pages as possible, or an over-the-top dramatic tragedy on rocket fuel. I feel a bit like when I watched Venezuelan TV novelas, only those tend to stretch, and barely come to the ankles of ...
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text Halloween Book Bingo 2016: Ninth Update – Catch-Up Post and BINGOS No. 6-9
So, after having spent the past weekend and the better part of last night and today tying up half a dozen half-finished bingo reads that, naturally, hadn't shown any progress whatsoever while I was exiled on planet work overload, for the time being I'm back on track. And thus I am happy to finally ...
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Emad Attely [The Book Nerd]
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2.0 The Castle of Otranto
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The Castle of Oh-my-God-what-a-boring-book!!Well, is this really supposed to scare me?! This is supposedly the first Gothic novel. Maybe it scared the shit out of the 18th century readers, but now I guess modern readers will probably think it's a comedy!! Because, you know, I laughed! A lot!! But, ...
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2.0 Walpole's The Castle of Otranto
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This is the book that began Gothic literature. Its interesting to see where it all began, but I can't say that it is exactly a good read. There is little by the way of characterization. There is both too much that is spooky in it and not enough. It feels a bit haphazard. Its very rooted in folk...
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I while ago I read Northanger Abbey and while I enjoyed it I also felt like missing out on half of the jokes because while was vaguely aware that Gothic novels meant scary old castles, fair maidens and old curses I had never read one of them. So I eventually decided to read one (after buying it, put...
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