Flinders University
Horror & Gothic Group

“Villain! Monster! Sorcerer! ’tis thou hast done this! ’tis thou hast slain my son!”

This site is a work in progress containing excerpts from the The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole in lieu of content.

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The lower part of the castle was hollowed into several intricate cloisters; and it was not easy for one under so much anxiety to find the door that opened into the cavern.

The holy man, who had little foreseen the catastrophe that his imprudence occasioned, fell on his knees to the Prince, and adjured him in the most solemn manner … Learn more

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