Horace Walpole

The Castle of Otranto


Read by Great Plains


The Castle of Otranto is a 1764 novel by Horace Walpole. It is generally held to be the first gothic novel, initiating a literary genre whic…

Die Burg von Otranto


Read by Hokuspokus


Manfred, der Fürst von Otranto ist besorgt um die Zukunft seines Hauses und will deshalb seinen Sohn so bald als möglich mit Isabe…

The Castle of Otranto (Version 2)


Read by Thomas A. Copeland


The Castle of Otranto is regarded as the first Gothic novel, a genre appealing to a taste for terror and set in a remote past when prodigies…

Hieroglyphic Tales


Read by Barbara Baker


Surreal and satirical, these stories by the eighteenth century man of letters, Whig politician, art historian and antiquarian are '"...…

Short Story Collection Vol. 101


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[quote]Here we present another diverse collection of short stories. We bring you classics such as Romeo and Juliet and Volodya, a little bit…

Horace Walpole's Letters: a selection


Read by Barbara Baker


Horace Walpole, 4th earl of Orford, was a cultivated participant in, and observer of, the social and political life of Georgian England. His…

Short Poetry Collection 191


Read by LibriVox Volunteers


This is a collection of 50 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for April 2019.