The Castle of Otranto
The following work was found in the library of an ancient Catholic family in the north of England. It was printed at Naples, in the black letter, in the year 1529. How much sooner it was written does not appear. The principal incidents are such as were believed in the darkest ages of Christianity; but the language and conduct have nothing that savours of barbarism. The style is the purest Italian. If the story was written near the time when it is supposed to have happened, it must have been between 1095, the era of the first Crusade, and 1243, the date of the last, or not long afterwards. There is no other circumstance in the work tha…
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Weitere Autoren: 1stworld Library (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-4218-0354-8
- EAN: 9781421803548
- Produktnummer: 2274296
- Verlag: 1st World Library - Literary Society
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 148 S.
- Masse: H22.2 cm x B14.5 cm x D1.1 cm 341 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken mit Schutzumschlag
- Gewicht: 341
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