The Castle of Otranto
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The Castle of Otranto tells the story of Prince Manfred and his family, which includes his wife Hippolita and his children Conrad and Matilda. It purported to be a translation of an Italian story of the time of the crusades. In it Walpole attempted to blend the two kinds of romance: the ancient and the modern. Crammed with invention, entertainment, terror, and pathos, the novel was an immediate success and created the literary genre of Gothic literature.
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