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Horace Walpole, 4.º Conde de Orford (Londres, 24 de setembro de 1717 — Londres, 2 de março de 1797) foi um aristocrata e romancista inglês. Inaugurou um novo gênero literário, o romance gótico, com a publicação da obra O Castelo de Otranto (The Castle of Otranto, 1764).
Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (/ ˈ w ɔː l p oʊ l /; 24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797), better known as Horace Walpole, was an English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian, and Whig politician.
15 de abr. de 2024 · Horace Walpole (born September 24, 1717, London, England—died March 2, 1797, London) was an English writer, connoisseur, and collector known for his novel The Castle of Otranto (1764), the first Gothic novel in the English language and one of the earliest literary horror stories.
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O Castelo de Otranto (em Inglês, The Castle of Otranto) é um romance de 1764 escrito por Horace Walpole. É o primeiro romance da literatura gótica, tendo inspirado muitos autores posteriores, como Ann Radcliffe, Bram Stoker, Daphne du Maurier e Stephen King.
31 de out. de 2014 · Conheça O Castelo de Otranto. Horace Walpole (1717 – 97), por Rosalba Carriera. A primeira cena d’ O Castelo de Otranto já professa o seu sucesso: no dia do casamento do único filho do autoritário príncipe Manfredo, um gigantesco elmo cai no pátio do castelo, esmagando o noivo.
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 Castle of Otranto is a novel by Horace Walpole, published under a pseudonym in 1764. It is considered the first Gothic novel in the English language, and it is often said to have founded the horror story as a legitimate literary form.
