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奥特兰托城堡

The Castle of Otranto

作者：霍勒斯·沃波尔

语言：英语

类型：经典小说

难度：大学

简介：First published pseudonymously in 1764, The Castle of Otranto purported to be a translation of an Italian story of the time of the crusades. In it Walpole attempted, as he declared in the Preface to the Second Edition, "to blend the two kinds of romance: the ancient and the modern." Crammed with invention, entertainment, terror, and pathos, the novel was an immediate success and Walpole's own favorite among his numerous works. The novel is reprinted here from a text of 1798, the last that Walpole himself prepared for the press.

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INTRODUCTION

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.