I know this is supposed to be sort of a classic, one of the first Gothic stories published, but it only bored me... I'm sorry. The only reason I finished it was that it was only 104 pages long.Other thoughts/reviews:Hannah Ackroyd: http://hannahackroyd.wordpress.com/2012/09/04/the-castle-of-otranto...
I have read about this book for a long time as one of the early gothic tales. The idea of this book intrigued me, and the first chapter was engrossing. I really struggled to keep focused or interested for the rest of the book. I'm glad I can say that I read it (and that it wasn't too long). If you a...
I feel like I need to get this straight right off the bat: The Castle of Otranto is not a parody of over-the-top Gothic novels. At least, I'm pretty sure it's not. It's considered the first Gothic novel, so it's probably not a parody. I feel like the unwary reader could come to that conclusion, but ...
Bought this used the other day...here's a little mini-segment I'm totally psyched to do at some point: this, Ann Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho and Austen's Northanger Abbey, which Jenny points out is mostly making fun of Radcliffe.
This was a book that definitely holds its own as a classic piece that led to the eventual changes in the novel during the 18th Century. While it wouldn't, and frankly doesn't, stand up to the novels written today, especially in the genre of "horror" for which this book was originally intended to exp...
*mentioned on page 5 of Sweetness at the bottom of the pie...http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/696With echoing dungeons, sighing ghosts, terrified virgins and a giant helmet falling from the sky, Rory McGrath guides us round first gothic castle in English fiction.Categories:Factual, Arts, Culture & the...
The original gothic novel. It's got it all: a ghost, a hermit, a knight, a secret, a prophesy, a damsel in distress, a castle, a villain. It was fun to read, knowing that it's the forerunner of so many other books. Unfortunately, it's poorly written, with plot lines smashing up against each other...
Halfway through the story, a young peasant says, "I am no impostor, my Lord, nor have I deserved opprobrious language. I answered to every question your Highness put to me last night with the same veracity that I shall speak now: and that will not be from fear of your tortures, but because my soul...
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