Title: The Castle of Otranto
Title Record # 7481
Author: Horace Walpole
Date: 1764-12-24
Type: NOVEL
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Language: English
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Author: Horace Walpole
Date: 1764-12-24
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: librivox.org, Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note: Generally considered a somewhat lightweight work, it is nonetheless acknowledged as the first English Gothic novel, containing all of the ambience that was to characterize all future Gothic fiction.
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| The Castle of Otranto | 1797-00-00 | Horace Walpole | Cooper and Graham |
xvi+ 152 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||||
| The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story and Lothaire: A Legend | 1801-00-00 | ed. uncredited | David Longworth at the Shakspeare Gallery | 216 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||||
| The Castle of Otranto | 1804-00-00 | Horace Walpole | Vernor and Hood | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | |||||
| The Castle of Otranto | 1825-00-00 | Horace Walpole | Baynes & Son |
134+ iv |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||||
| The Castle of Otranto | 1834-00-00 | Horace Walpole | Richard Bentley | 132 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||||
| Vathek; The Catle of Otranto; The Bravo of Venice | 1834-00-00 | uncredited | Richard Bentley (Bentley Standard Novels #41) | 364 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | ||||
| The Romancist and Novelist's Library: The Best Works of the Best Authors; Volume I | 1839-00-00 | ed. uncredited | J. Clements | 412 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||||
| The Castle of Otranto | 1886-00-00 | Horace Walpole | George Munro | 770 |
ix+ 102 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | |||
| The Castle of Otranto | 1886-00-00 | Horace Walpole | Cassell & Company (Cassell's National Library #10) | 191 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||||
| The Castle of Otranto | 1900-00-00 | Horace Walpole | George Munro's Sons | 102 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | ||||
| The Castle of Otranto | 1907-00-00 | Horace Walpole | Grey Walls |
lxvi+ 159 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||||
| The Castle of Otranto | 1950-00-00 | Horace Walpole | Grey Walls | 137 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||||
| The Castle of Otranto | 1963-00-00 | Horace Walpole | Collier Books | HS 57 | $0.65?$: US dollar |
128 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | ||
| Three Gothic Novels | 1966-06-00 | E. F. Bleiler | Dover Publications | 21232-7 | $2.00?$: US dollar |
xl+ 291 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
omni |  |
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| The Castle of Otranto | 1967-00-00 | Horace Walpole | Collier Books | 05520 | $0.65?$: US dollar |
128 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | |
|
| Three Gothic Novels | 1968-00-00 | Peter Fairclough | Penguin Books (Penguin English Library) | EL36 | 8/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
505 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
omni | J. H. Fuseli | |
| The Castle of Otranto | 1969-00-00 | Horace Walpole | Collier Books | 05520 | $0.65?$: US dollar |
128 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | ||
| Three Gothic Novels | 1979-00-00 | Peter Fairclough | Penguin Books (Penguin English Library) | 0-14-043036-9 | £1.25?£: UK pound |
505 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
omni | J. H. Fuseli | |
| A Treasury of Gothic and Supernatural | 1981-00-00 | uncredited | Avenel Books | 0-517-34802-0 | $?$: US dollar |
707 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | Marcia Huyette | |
| Three Gothic Novels | 1986-00-00 | Peter Fairclough | Penguin Books (Penguin Classics) | 0-14-043036-9 | $18.00?$: US dollar |
505 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
omni | Simon Marsden | |
| Four Gothic Novels | 1994-07-00 | uncredited | Oxford University Press | 0-19-282331-0 | £8.99?£: UK pound |
606 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
omni | Frank Moss | |
| A Gothic Treasury of the Supernatural | 1995-07-22 | uncredited | Gramercy Books | 0-517-14641-X | 720 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
omni | |||
| The Castle of Otranto | 1996-10-01 | Horace Walpole | Project Gutenberg | 696 | $0.00?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | |||
| The Castle of Otranto | 2002-05-01 | Horace Walpole | Wildside Press | 1-58715-695-4 | $26.95?$: US dollar |
132 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||
| The Castle of Otranto | 2002-05-01 | Horace Walpole | Wildside Press | 1-58715-694-6 | $14.95?$: US dollar |
132 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | ||
| The Castle of Otranto | 2004-03-19 | Horace Walpole | Dover Publications (Dover Thrift Editions) | 0-486-43412-5 | $4.00?$: US dollar |
xviii+ 106 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | ||
| The Castle of Otranto and The Man of Feeling | 2006-10-00 | Laura Mandell | Pearson Longman (Longman Cultural Editions) | 0-321-39892-0 | $18.00?$: US dollar |
xxvi+ 292 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
omni | ||
| The Castle of Otranto | 2007-09-01 | Horace Walpole | Nonsuch Publishing | 978-1-84588-499-4 | £6.00?£: UK pound |
159 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | ||
| The Castle of Otranto | 2007-09-06 | Horace Walpole | Book Jungle | 1-60424-058-X | $8.45?$: US dollar |
104 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | ||
| The Castle of Otranto | 2008-05-30 | Horace Walpole | Wildside Press | 978-1-4344-7155-0 | $19.95?$: US dollar |
128 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||
| The Castle of Otranto | 2008-05-30 | Horace Walpole | Wildside Press | 978-1-4344-7154-3 | $12.95?$: US dollar |
128 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | ||
| The Castle of Otranto | 2008-10-06 | Horace Walpole | LibriVox | digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
novel | |||||
| The Castle of Otranto | 2009-03-26 | Horace Walpole | Wilder Publications | 978-1-60459-566-6 | $7.99?$: US dollar |
92 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | ||
| The Castle of Otranto, Vathek & Nightmare Abbey | 2009-08-05 | William Beckford, Thomas Love Peacock, Horace Walpole | Wordsworth Editions (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural) | 978-1-84022-184-8 |
xii+ 259 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
omni | |||
| The Castle of Otranto | 2010-01-28 | Horace Walpole | Penguin Books | 978-0-14-190757-4 | £4.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | |||
| The Castle of Otranto | 2010-05-11 | Horace Walpole | Bibliolis Books | 978-1-907727-16-0 | £5.99?£: UK pound |
144 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | ||
| The Castle of Otranto | 2010-12-31 | Horace Walpole | Aziloth Books | 978-1-907523-80-9 | $5.99?$: US dollar |
120 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | ||
| The Castle of Otranto | 2012-01-15 | Horace Walpole | The Large Print Book Company (World Classics in Large Print) | 978-1-59688-137-2 | $18.95?$: US dollar |
144 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | ||
| The Castle of Otranto | 2012-05-23 | Horace Walpole | Dover Publications (Dover Thrift Editions) | 978-0-486-11169-8 | $4.00?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | |||
| The Castle of Otranto | 2012-11-01 | Horace Walpole | Start Publishing | 978-1-62558-002-3 | $0.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | |||
| The Castle of Otranto | 2013-01-13 | Horace Walpole | JPM Ediciones | 978-84-939307-7-6 | $8.50?$: US dollar |
114 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | ||
| The Castle of Otranto | 2013-04-20 | Horace Walpole | CreateSpace | 978-1-4825-9079-1 | $4.99?$: US dollar |
84 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | ||
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde & Other Gothic Classics | 2013-08-22 | William Beckford, Charles Maturin, John Polidori, Robert Louis Stevenson, Horace Walpole | Pearl Necklace Books | 978-1-4922-2380-1 | $10.99?$: US dollar |
312 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
omni | ||
| The Castle of Otranto | 2013-10-03 | Horace Walpole | Empire Books | 978-1-61949-177-9 | $8.49?$: US dollar |
106 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | ||
| The Castle of Otranto | 2014-06-30 | Horace Walpole | Paradigm Publishing | 978-1-78401-241-0 | $0.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | |||
| The Castle of Otranto | 2014-08-26 | Horace Walpole | Open Road Integrated Media | 978-1-4976-5996-4 | ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | ||||
| The Castle of Otranto | 2015-02-01 | Horace Walpole | Hesperus Press | 978-1-84391-520-1 | $14.95?$: US dollar |
110 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | ||
| The Castle of Otranto | 2015-02-01 | Horace Walpole | Hesperus Press | 978-1-78094-345-9 | $7.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | |||
| The Castle of Otranto | 2016-05-24 | Horace Walpole | Diversion Books | 978-1-68230-651-2 | $2.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | |||
| The Castle of Otranto | 2017-04-09 | Horace Walpole | Dancing Unicorn Books | 978-1-5154-1656-2 | $0.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | |||
| The Castle of Otranto | 2018-04-03 | Horace Walpole | SMK Books | 978-1-5154-3462-7 | $14.99?$: US dollar |
92 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||
| The Castle of Otranto | 2019-01-21 | Horace Walpole | Alma Classics | 978-0-7145-4937-8 | ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | ||||
| The Castle of Otranto | 2019-01-29 | Horace Walpole | Alma Classics | 978-1-84749-759-8 | $11.00?$: US dollar |
160 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | ||
| Between the Gothic and the Plague: Why We Can't Have Nice Things | 2020-05-20 | Jan Kostka | Zmok Books | 978-1-950423-39-2 | $8.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
omni | Francisco Goya | ||
| The Castle of Otranto | 2020-09-30 | Horace Walpole | Wildside Press | 978-1-4794-5382-5 | $0.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | |||
| Between the Gothic and the Plague: Why We Can't Have Nice Things | 2020-10-13 | Jan Kostka | Zmok Books | 978-1-950423-38-5 | $21.00?$: US dollar |
528 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
omni | Francisco Goya | |
| Gothic Classics: The Castle of Otranto and The Old English Baron | 2022-01-11 | Clara Reeve, Horace Walpole | Poisoned Pen Press (The Haunted Library of Horror Classics) | 978-1-4642-1537-7 | $14.99?$: US dollar |
xvi+ 320 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
omni | Jeffrey Nguyen | |
| Gothic Classics: The Castle of Otranto and The Old English Baron | 2022-01-11 | Clara Reeve, Horace Walpole | Poisoned Pen Press (The Haunted Library of Horror Classics) | 978-1-4642-1538-4 | $9.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
omni | |||
| Three Gothic Novels | date unknown | E. F. Bleiler | Dover Publications | 0-486-21232-7 | $7.95?$: US dollar |
xl+ 291 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
omni | |
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| The Castle of Otranto | date unknown | Horace Walpole | Collier Books | 0-02-055200-9 | $3.95?$: US dollar |
128 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | |
Reviews
- Review by Joseph H. Crawford, Jr. and James J. Donahue and Donald M. Grant (1953) in '333': A Bibliography of the Science-Fantasy Novel , reprinted in:
- '333': A Bibliography of the Science-Fantasy Novel (1953)
- Review by Avram Davidson (1963) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1963
- Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction (Pages 455 - 723)
- Review by James Cawthorn and Michael Moorcock (1988) in Fantasy: The 100 Best Books , reprinted in:
- Fantasy: The 100 Best Books (1988)
- Fantasy: The 100 Best Books (1988)
- Fantasy: The 100 Best Books (1991)
- Review by H. P. Lovecraft (2004) in The World's Greatest Horror Stories