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Title: The Castle of Otranto
Author: Horace Walpole
Editor: Henry Morley
Release date: October 1, 1996 [eBook #696]
Most recently updated: April 9, 2021
Language: English
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CASSELL'S NATIONAL LIBRARY
(New Series)
THE
CASTLE OF OTRANTO.
BY
HORACE WALPOLE.
[Picture: Decorative graphic]
CASSELL AND COMPANY, LIMITED
_LONDON_, _PARIS_, _NEW YORK & MELBOURNE_
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. Horace Walpole was educated at Eton, where he formed a school friendship with Thomas
Gray, who was but a few months older. In 1739 Gray was travelling-companion with Walpole in …