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The Castle of Otranto and Hieroglyphic Tales

The Castle of Otranto and Hieroglyphic Tales

Paperback (25 Mar 1993)

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Publisher's Synopsis

THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO (1764) stated the vogue for Gothic fiction with its mix of supernatural happenings, crimes of passion and wronged heir restored; horror story , mystery and , at the same time tantilisingly autobigrophical. THE HIEROGLYPHIC TALES (1785, a collection of surrealistic and eerily modern fables, first appeared in a unique edition printed on Walpole's own press, at his gothic house in Twickenham.

Book information

ISBN: 9780460871983
Publisher: ORION
Imprint: Phoenix
Pub date:
DEWEY: 823.6
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 164
Weight: 174g
Height: 120mm
Width: 120mm
Spine width: 15mm