Cover of The Castle of Otranto

The Castle of Otranto

by Horace Walpole

The first Gothic novel: a giant helmet falls from nowhere and a doomed prince scrambles to hold his stolen castle.

GothicHorrorMedieval romance2h 39m read

Free to read · public domain in the US
text: Project Gutenberg · view source

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