The Castle of Otranto & The Old English Baron

The dual works of Horace Walpole's 'The Castle of Otranto' and Clara Reeve's 'The Old English Baron' sit at the pivotal inception of the Gothic novel. This collection, combining two seminal texts, explores themes of medievalism, the supernatural, and the sublime, reflecting a period of literary experimentation that paved the way for the burgeoning Gothic genre. The anthology showcases the evolutio...