Supernatural terror, crimes of passion, a wronged heir restored.
Jealous passion leads to murder, ghostly incarnations and desperate pursuits - before Manfred, false Prince of Otranto, is exposed and order is finally restored to the land. 'The Castle Of Otranto' is at once a horror story, a mystery and a parody; it is also a tantalisingly autobiographical work in which Walpole expressed his deepest desires and anxieties.
Presenting the finest writing of one of England's most witty and perceptive social critics, this volume also includes Walpole's 'Hieroglyphic Tales', a collection of surrealistic and eerily modern fables.
This is the most comprehensive edition available, with introduction, notes, plot summary, selected criticism and chronology of Walpole's life and times.
