Horace Walpole
24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797
730 works in the book catalog catalog
Biography
Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797), also known as Horace Walpole, was an English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician.
He had Strawberry Hill House built in Twickenham, south-west London, reviving the Gothic style some decades before his Victorian successors. His literary reputation rests on the first Gothic novel, *The Castle of Otranto* (1764), and his Letters, which are of significant social and political interest. They have been published by Yale University Press in 48 volumes.
He was the son of the first British Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole. As Horace Walpole was childless, on his death his barony of Walpole descended to his cousin of the same surname, who was created the new Earl of Orford.
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Also published as: Walpole, Horace earl of Orford, Walpole, Horace Earl of Orford, Walpole, Horace 4th Earl of Orford., Horace Horace Walpole
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The Castle of Otranto
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Seven Masterpieces of Gothic Horror
1963 · 12 want to read
Hieroglyphic tales
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The history of the modern taste in gardening
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Historic doubts on the life and reign of King Richard the Third
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O Castelo de Otranto
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Castle of Otranto
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El castillo de Otranto
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Selected letters of Horace Walpole
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Select letters of Horace Walpole
1914 · 2 want to read
Essai sur l'art des jardins modernes
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Five romantic plays, 1768-1821
2000 · 2 want to read
The Castle of Otranto and The Mysterious Mother (Broadview Literary Texts)
2003 · 2 want to read
The letters of Horace Walpole
1906 · 1 want to read
Letters : Chronologically Arranged and Edited with Notes and Indices by Mrs. Paget Toynbee : 7
Horace Walpole
Letters : Chronologically Arranged and Edited with Notes and Indices by Mrs. Paget Toynbee : 7
2018 · 1 want to read
Description of the Villa at Strawberry Hill
2015 · 1 want to read
Designs by Mr. Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray
2010 · 1 want to read
Horace Walpole's correspondence with Sir Horace Mann
1954 · 1 want to read