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The book has been translated by Mehrdad Vosoughi and published by Qoqnoos Publishing House, ISNA reported. First published pseudonymously in 1764, “The Castle of Otranto” purported to be a translation ...

Walpole initially claimed that The Castle of Otranto was a translation of an earlier manuscript from 1529. The novel employs an archaic style of writing to further reinforce this subterfuge. It was ...

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When Horace Walpole published The Castle of Otranto in 1764, novels as a form were still in their infancy. Many tended to be long-winded works, instructing readers on how to live a moral life. With ...