The Castle of Otranto (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Horace Walpole
- First Published: 1765
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Gothic
- Time of Work: Twelfth century
- Setting: Italy
- Principal Characters: Manfred, Matilda, Conrad, Isabella, Father Jerome, Theodore
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy, Gothic fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance, Murder or homicide, Supernatural, Escapes, Mistaken or secret identity, Inheritance or succession, Castles, Ambition, Heroes or heroism, Italy or Italians, Middle Ages, Giants, Princes or princesses, Twelfth century
- Locales: Italy
The Story:
Manfred, the prince of Otranto, planned to marry his fifteen-year-old son Conrad to Isabella, the daughter of the marquis of Vicenza. On the day of the wedding, however, a servant ran into the hall and informed the assembled company that a huge helmet had appeared mysteriously in the courtyard of the castle. When Count Manfred and his guests rushed into the courtyard, they found Conrad crushed to death beneath a gigantic helmet adorned with waving black plumes. Theodore, a young peasant, declared the helmet was like that on a statue of Prince Alfonso the Good, which...
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