1764
Horace Walpole wrote The Castle of Otranto.
Horace Walpole
Horace Walpole wrote a gothic novel, The Castle of Otranto, and he also wrote hundreds of letters.
1764 was when it was first published. In the following year in the second edition it was entitled 'A Gothic Story'.
The first Gothic novel written was The Castle of Otrantoby Horace Walpole, in 1764. He wrote it based on a dream he had, in which he found himself in an ancient castle. Other authors of Gothic novels used his ideas and themes to write their own stories later on.
Horace Walpole is credited with creating the gothic style with his book The Castle of Otranto.
One of the earliest known gothic stories is "The Castle of Otranto" written by Horace Walpole in 1764. It is often considered the first gothic novel, featuring elements like mysterious castles, supernatural occurrences, and intense emotions.
Edith Nesbit wrote "The Enchanted Castle'.
Castle Roogna is part of Piers Anthony's Xanth series.
Dodie Smith wrote 'I Capture the Castle'. It was first published in 1948.
Piers Anthony wrote Castle Roogna.
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