Question

Discuss the castle of otranto as a gothic novel

Answer 1

Waking from a dream in the summer of 1764, Horace Walpole put pen to paper and wrote solidly for two months. The end result was The Castle of Otranto – the firstGothic novel – published on Christmas Eve of the same year. The story revolves around a labyrinthine medieval Italian Castle and its lord, Manfred.