Written by Horace Walpole

The Castle of Otranto

by Horace Walpole

The Castle of Otranto is a novel written by Horace Walpole, an English historian remembered for initiating the literary genre Gothic novel and his notable other writings include Some Anecdotes of Painting in England, The Mysterious Mother and A Description of the Villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Manfred, lives as lord of the castle along with lady c..