Хорас Уолпол — библиография

The Gothic novel, which flourished from about 1765 until 1825, revels in the horrible and the supernatural, in suspense and exotic settings.
This volume, with its erudite introduction by Mario Praz, presents three of the most celebrated Gothic novels: The Castle of Otranto, published pseudonymously in 1765, is one of the first of the genre and the most truly Gothic of the three. Vathek (1786), an oriental tale by an eccentric millionaire, exotically combines Gothic romanticism with the vivacity of The Arabian Nights and is a narrative tour de force. The story of Frankenstein (1818) and the monster he created is as spine-chilling today as it ever was; as in all Gothic novels, horror is the keynote.

Гюзальма, царица Серендипа, спала, когда она вдруг услышала Голос, повелевающий ей посмотреть в сторону...

В разгар вражды между партиями гвельфов и гибеллинов отряд венецианцев вторгся во владения рода Висконти и захватил юного Ордоната, бывшего тогда на попечении кормилицы.

У короля Килкенни была единственная дочь по имени Прописное А, в позднейшем искажении – Прописноя. Когда она достигла зрелых лет, король решил отречься в её пользу от престола.

Жила была девочка по имени Писсимисси. Её так назвали, потому что ей суждено было стать одной из наложниц царя Соломона...

Жил-был царь, и было у него три дочери. Вернее было бы, если бы старшая из них всё же появилась на свет...

Однажды юная царевна Гроновия взобралась на вершину горы чтобы собрать козьи яйца, которые так хорошо помогают от веснушек... Как её вдруг схватили стражники страны Кукуруку и привели к императору...

Руки прекрасной Маддалены добиваются многие знатные граждане Пиззы. Но юная красавица не торопится покинуть дом отца, богатого флорентийского торговца Джакопо. По вечерам под окнами девушки не смолкают звуки струн лютни, и однажды находят дорогу к её сердцу.

"The Count of Narbonne" by Horace Walpole, Robert Jephson. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

"Horace Walpole and His World: Select Passages from His Letters" by Horace Walpole. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

"The History of King George the Third" in 4 volumes are a historical account written by Horace Walpole that comprises the first twelve years of the reign of George III. George III (c. 1738-1820) was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 1760 until the union of the two countries in 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death in 1820. He was a monarch of the House of Hanover, but unlike his two predecessors, he was born in Great Britain, spoke English as his first language, and never visited Hanover. George's life and reign, which were longer than those of any of his predecessors, were marked by a series of military conflicts involving his kingdoms, much of the rest of Europe, and places farther afield in Africa, the Americas, and Asia. Early in his reign, Great Britain defeated France in the Seven Years' War, becoming the dominant European power in North America and India. However, many of Britain's American colonies were soon lost in the American War of Independence. Further wars against revolutionary and Napoleonic France from 1793 concluded in the defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.

"Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Third" in 4 volumes are a historical account written by Horace Walpole that comprises the first twelve years of the reign of George III. George III (c. 1738-1820) was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 1760 until the union of the two countries in 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death in 1820. He was a monarch of the House of Hanover, but unlike his two predecessors, he was born in Great Britain, spoke English as his first language, and never visited Hanover. George's life and reign, which were longer than those of any of his predecessors, were marked by a series of military conflicts involving his kingdoms, much of the rest of Europe, and places farther afield in Africa, the Americas, and Asia. Early in his reign, Great Britain defeated France in the Seven Years' War, becoming the dominant European power in North America and India. However, many of Britain's American colonies were soon lost in the American War of Independence. Further wars against revolutionary and Napoleonic France from 1793 concluded in the defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. This carefully crafted e-artnow ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. &t;br/&t; &t;br/&t;

This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works or all the significant works – the Œuvre – of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook – easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole • Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century by Samuel Johnson, Horace Walpole, and William Beckford • Hieroglyphic Tales by Horace Walpole • The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford by Horace Walpole • Letters of Horace Walpole by Horace Walpole • Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third by Horace Walpole • Castle of Otranto • etc.

The Original Ghotic Novel: Manfred is an usurpator who wants to consolidate his reign over Otranto. So he tries to marry his weak son to Isabella, heir to a more legitimate prince. But there is an old prophecy which warns against such moves, and the day of the wedding a gigantic iron helmet falls over Manfreds sons head. Then, a creepy -mostly funnily creepy- tale develops. But the plot, though wild and entertaining, is the least important thing about this 1764s novel. The really attractive, entertaining and literarily important thing is the creation of stereotypes: the foul weather; an ancient, dark castle full of closed halls, secret passages, corridors and doors; frightening apparitions; wicked tyrants desperate for fertile women; virtuous and pure ladies; heroic lads; dark and cold forests where ghosts appear, etc. Walpole, who seems to have been an interesting man, must have had enormous fun writing this tone-setting book, which has had plenty of children in literature. When I read it I kept imagining the scenes, the settings and the weather, and it was great to imagine it come alive. This book is fun to read and to discover where many of the commonplaces in Gothic literature come from. Well worth it.