REMINISCENCES OF THE COURTS OF GEORGE THE FIRST AND SECOND.
CHAPTer 1.—67 Motives to the Undertaking-Precedents-George
the First’s Reign-a Proem to the History of
the Reigning House o...
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Horace Walpole's literary productions reflect an extraordinary range of talents and interests: author of the first and most influential Gothic novel in English and of the first example of Gothic drama...
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Horace Walpole was a significant figure in literary history, but his reputation would stand even higher if he had excelled in what today are regarded as the "major" genres. He wrote a pioneering book ...
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Horace Walpole is known to literary scholars as the founder of a significant literary genre, the gothic novel, which he initiated with the publication of The Castle of Otranto, A Story. Translated by ...
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