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Horace Walpole

HORATIO WALPOLE, 4th Earl of Orford (1717-1797), also known as Horace Walpole, was an English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian, printer/publisher, and Whig politician. He wrote the first gothic novel, The Castle of Otranto, and is famous for his correspondence and for his Gothic Revival villa, Strawberry Hill, and its vast art and book collections.
Selected Letters of Horace Walpole
The Castle of Otranto
Three Gothic Novels

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Selected Letters of Horace Walpole
The Castle of Otranto
Three Gothic Novels

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