The Castle of Otranto

by Horace Walpole · language: en

CASSELL’S NATIONAL LIBRARY (New Series) THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO.

[Picture: Decorative graphic] CASSELL AND COMPANY, LIMITED LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE 1901 INTRODUCTION HORACE WALPOLE was the youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole, the great statesman, who died Earl of Orford.

He was born in 1717, the year in which his father resigned office, remaining in opposition for almost three years before his return to a long tenure of power.

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