The Castle of Otranto (4-Volume Set)

Walpole, Horace/ Jason, Neville (NRT)

Naxos Audio Books（2014/08発売）

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製本 Spoken-word compact disc:朗読CD
言語 ENG
商品コード 9781843798651
DDC分類 813

Full Description

The Castle of Otranto is regarded as the first Gothic novel. The son of Manfred, Prince of Otranto, is mysteriously killed on his wedding day by a huge helmet.The event leads to a fast-paced story of jealous passion, intrigue, murder and supernatural phenomena unfolding in an atmosphere of thunderclaps, moonlight, and dark castle walls { mirroring the inner turmoils of the characters themselves. Horace Walpole!|s tale, an immediate success when it first appeared in 1764, is a classic of its genre.