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trlenon 's review for:
The Castle of Otranto
by Horace Walpole
I read this with full knowledge of its place in history, having read about it in the famous HP Lovecraft essay on horror. He called it mediocre and unconvincing, which may have put me off slightly. It is both of those, but it is also a rather campy bit of fun. For true humor there would have to be some better laugh lines, and a couple more skeletons. Maidenly virtue is at full force, as is heroic selflessness and nasty villainy.