Letter 1 To George Montagu, Esq.
Arlington Street, Nov. 17, 1759. (page 25)
I rejoice over your brother’s honours, though
I certainly had no hand in them. He probably
received his s...
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Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford Biographies (3)
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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The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3
Horace Walpole