| Horace Walpole A Memoir Contributor(s): Dobson, Austin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0766193861 ISBN-13: 9780766193864 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $30.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2005 Annotation: 1910. The biography of Walpole who is best known for having written the first Gothic novel, The Castle of Otranto. Contents: The Walpoles of Houghton; Patent places under Government; Gains of the Grand Tour; Stage-gossip and smalltalk; The new house at Twickenham; Gleanings from the Short Notes; State of French Society in 1765; Old friends and new; Occupations and correspondence; and Macaulay on Walpole. Due to the age and scarcity of the original we reproduced, some pages may be spotty, faded or difficult to read. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6" W x 9" (1.10 lbs) 340 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. |
