The Castle of Otranto

The Castle of Otranto
by Horace Walpole

So, I figured I should definitely read this since I'm doing my research paper on it :) it took *forever* for it to get delivered though -.-

I've already done a lot of research on gothic novels and so I have an idea about this book. Although I still don't know exactly what to expect because the different sources I looked at for my annotated bibliography said different things about it; most sources praised the book, though. I'm excited to read what's claimed to be the first gothic novel :D

The introduction to the book claims that Walpole had a dream, which he turned into this book (which many of my research sources also claimed). That is only one among many facts that I've learned about Horace Walpole and The Castle of Otranto in my research (all of it very interesting).

I am expecting a lot from this book although I'm afraid of how it's written (like if it will be difficult to understand or something) because it was written so long ago (1764). But i'm still excited to read it...XD