1. Literary Encyclopedia: Horace Walpole Horace Walpole was born in London, 24 September 1717, the third surviving son of Sir Robert Walpole and his wife Catherine. Given the contrast between his http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=4587

2. Horace Walpole Horace Walpole wrote the first Gothic novel, The Castle of Otranto, and in doing so created the genre. http://www.heureka.clara.net/art/walpole.htm

Horace Walpole like a ghost, thro' narrow passages Walking, feeling the cold walls with her hands. William Blake, Fair Eleanor The drowsy eye, half-closing to the lid, Stares on OTRANTO's walls; grim terrors rise The horrid helmet strikes my soul unbid Ann Yearsley Horace Walpole (1717-1797), fourth Earl of Orford, son of Sir Robert Walpole, introduced and named the genre with The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story Educated at Eton and King's College Cambridge. Between 1739 and 1741 Horace Walpole toured France and Italy with his friend the poet Thomas Gray (1716-71). On his return to England, Walpole become a Member of Parliament Shortly after taking up his seat, Walpole leased (1747) then bought (1749) Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, London. Following his purchase, Strawberry Hill was remodelled in Gothic style, something resembling the set for a Hammer Horror movie. It was the Gothic atmosphere of Strawberry Hill that led to the writing of The Castle of Otranto . One night, early June 1764, Walpole fell asleep in the gloom of Strawberry Hill and had a nightmare. The nightmare became The Castle of Otranto Horace Walpole: I waked one morning at the beginning of last June from a dream, of which all I could recover was, that I had thought myself in an ancient castle (a very natural dream for a head filled like mine with Gothic story) and that on the uppermost bannister of a great staircase I saw a gigantic hand in armour. In the evening I sat down and began to write, without knowing in the least what I intended to say or relate. The work grew on my hands, and I grew fond of it - add that I was very glad to think of anything rather than politics - in short I was so engrossed in my tale, which I completed in less than two months, that one evening I wrote from the time I had drunk my tea, about six o'clock, till half an hour after one in the morning, when my hand and fingers were so weary, that I could not hold the pen to finish the sentence, but left Matilda and Isabella talking, in the middle of a paragraph.

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4. Horace Walpole - Wikiquote Horatio Walpole (171709-24 – 1797-03-02), 4th Earl of Orford, more commonly known as Horace Walpole, was a British politician and writer, noted for his http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Horace_Walpole

Horace Walpole From Wikiquote Jump to: navigation search The world is a comedy to those that think; a tragedy to those that feel. Horatio Walpole ), 4th Earl of Orford, more commonly known as Horace Walpole , was a British politician and writer, noted for his collected letters and for having written the first Gothic horror novel, The Castle of Otranto edit Sourced Our supreme governors, the mob. Letter to Sir Thomas Mann ( My aversion to them...springs from the perniciousness of that sect to society—I hate Papists, as a man, not as a Protestant. If Papists were only enemies to the religion of other men, I should overlook their errors. As they are foes to liberty, I cannot forgive them. Memoirs from the Declaration of the War with Spain If a passion for freedom is not in vogue, patriots may sound the alarm till they are weary. The Act of Habeas Corpus, by which prisoners may insist on being brought to trial within a limited time, is the corner stone of our liberty. "Memoirs of the year 1758". Horace Walpole, Memoirs of King George II. Volume III

5. Horace Walpole - Wikipedia Translate this page Horace Walpole , 4° Conte di Orford (Londra, 24 settembre 1717 – Londra, 2 marzo 1797) è stato uno scrittore inglese, autore de Il castello di Otranto, http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Walpole

Horace Walpole Da Wikipedia, l'enciclopedia libera. Vai a: Navigazione cerca Horace Walpole ritratto da Sir Joshua Reynolds Horace Walpole 4° Conte di Orford Londra 24 settembre Londra 2 marzo ) ¨ stato uno scrittore inglese , autore de Il castello di Otranto , primo romanzo gotico propriamente detto, e attivo in diversi ambiti e con vari interessi. Famoso fu il suo vasto epistolario con cui intratteneva dotte disquisizioni sui pi¹ disparati argomenti. modifica Biografia Walpole nasce a Londra il 24 settembre del . Ultimogenito di Sir Robert Walpole , ministro del Governo sotto re Giorgio I e re Giorgio II , ¨ educato a Eton e al King's College di Cambridge . In compagnia del poeta Thomas Gray , collega di universit  , compie il grand tour , viaggiando, tra il e il , in Francia e Italia . ˆ in questi anni che Walpole inizia il suo celebre, brillante epistolario - comprendente pi¹ di tremila lettere di carattere politico storico artistico letterario e mondano - al quale egli deve, assieme a Il Castello di Otranto ) la sua fama di scrittore Nel prende in affitto, sulle rive del

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8. Knitting Circle Horace Walpole Horace Walpole and Thomas Gray quarrelled at Reggio Emilia on the way to Venice, and they parted company. Horace Walpole then suffered a serious illness and http://www.knittingcircle.org.uk/horacewalpole.html

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Theme Search Advanced Search The Ebookstore is a trademark of Unitel Inc Horace Walpole English Author The author of 7,000 letters... Horace Walpole, was the third son of Sir Robert Walpole, England's longest ruling Prime Minister. Inevitably, Horace attended Eton and Cambridge, and took a seat in the Parliament in 1741. This passionate democrat was firmly opposed to the slave trade, and an ardent defender of America. In 1747 he acquired an estate in Twickenham which he would call Strawberry Hill. He dedicated his entire life to convert it into a fantastic neo gothic castle, which inspired the scenery of his most famous novel, The Castle Of Otranto, published in 1765. Besides his books, Horace Walpole is the author of a huge amount of correspondence ( 7,000 letters). His letters, an historical treasure, are relating various matters of his time, such as the discovery of Uranus, a balloon crossing of the Channel, prison reforms, improvements in surgery, Franklin's experiments... His major works: A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England ( 1758 ).

11. Horace Walpole - Wikipédia Translate this page Horatio Walpole ou Horace Walpole (24 septembre 1717, Londres - 2 mars 1797), 4 e comte d Orford, fils de Robert Walpole, est un homme politique écrivain et http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Walpole

Horace Walpole Un article de Wikip©dia, l'encyclop©die libre. Aller   : Navigation Rechercher Horatio Walpole ou Horace Walpole 24 septembre Londres 2 mars e comte d'Orford , fils de Robert Walpole , est un homme politique ©crivain et esth¨te britannique . Il a ©crit Le ch¢teau d'Otrante , qui a lanc© la vogue du roman noir gothic tales en anglais). On lui doit ©galement le concept de s©rendipit© Horace Walpole Walpole est le plus jeune fils du premier ministre britannique Robert Walpole. Il ©tudie instruit au coll¨ge d' Eton , puis au King's College de Cambridge . Son homosexualit© lui est r©v©l©e assez t´t, et il aurait eu des rapports avec le po¨te Thomas Gray et Henry Fiennes Clinton e comte de Lincoln (futur second duc de Newcastle ). Gray l'accompagne lors de son Grand Tour, mais ils se querellent, et Walpole retourne en 1741 en Angleterre , o¹ il entre au Parlement. Il n'a aucune ambition politique, mais il demeure d©put© apr¨s la mort de son p¨re en 1745. En dehors de la politique de son p¨re, il est tr¨s d©vou© au roi George II et   la reine Caroline , prenant leur parti contre leur fils, Frederick, prince de Galles, dont Walpole parlera plus tard avec rancune dans ses m©moires. La demeure de Walpole, Strawberry Hill, pr¨s de

12. Horace Walpole Horace Walpole was fascinated with gothic architecture and created an extensive pseudogothic overlay to the Georgian foundations of his estate at http://omni.sytes.net/~monica/walpole.htm

Horace Walpole was fascinated with gothic architecture and created an extensive pseudo-gothic overlay to the Georgian foundations of his estate at Strawberry Hill . He was the first to use the term gothic in reference to literature. Uncertain how Otranto would be received, he prefaced the first edition with a story of having discovered it as a 16th century Italian manuscript. In fact, it was translated into Italian much later, by the father of John Polidori Byron had high praise for Walpole , writing: It is the fashion to underrate Horace Walpole; firstly because he was a nobleman, and secondly, because he was a gentleman; but, to say nothing of the composition of his incomparable letters, and of the Castle of Otranto, he is the Ultimus Romanorum, the author of the Mysterious Mother, a tragedy of the highest order and not a puling love-play. He is the father of the first romance and of the last tragedy in our language, and surely worthy of a higher place than any living writer, be he who he may. From the preface to Marino Faliero A photograph of the staircase at Raynham Hall including what some believe to be the spectre of Dolly Walpole.

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14. Horace Walpole, 4th Earl Of Orford - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia When the 3rd Earl died unmarried, horace walpole became the 4th Earl of Orford. When horace walpole died in 1797 the title became extinct. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Walpole,_4th_Earl_of_Orford

Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding reliable references . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (August 2007) Horace Walpole Horace Walpole by Joshua Reynolds National Portrait Gallery, collection London Born September 24 London England UK Died March 2 Berkeley Square London England ... UK Occupation Author Politician Parents Robert Walpole and Catherine Shorter Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford 24 September 2 March ), more commonly known as Horace Walpole , was a politician, writer, architectural innovator and cousin of Lord Nelson . His Letters are highly readable, and give a vivid picture of the more intellectual part of the aristocracy of his period. Contents Biography Politics Writings Personal life ... edit Biography He was born in London , the youngest son of British Prime Minister Robert Walpole . He was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge After university, Walpole went on the Grand Tour with the poet Thomas Gray , but they quarrelled, and Walpole returned to England in and entered Parliament. He was never politically ambitious, but remained an MP after the death of his father in

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The Literature Network Authors: 260 Books: 2,260 Forum Members: 41,657 Forum Posts: 465,479 Subscribe Teacher Accounts with student management and more. Home Authors Shakespeare Bible ... Horace Walpole Horace Walpole Search all of Horace Walpole Advanced Search Horace Walpole (1717–1797) , English historian, Member of Parliament, connoisseur, playwright and novelist, said to have coined the term serendipity wrote the Gothic novel Castle of Otranto Fourth Earl of Orford, Horace Walpole was born 24 September 1717 in Arlington Street, Piccadilly, Westminster, London, England, the third son of Whig politician and First Earl of Orford Sir Robert Walpole, who would soon be England's longest running Prime Minister, and his wife Catherine née Shorter. Young Horace spent most of his childhood under the loving eye of his mother whilst his father was away much of the time on business and often with his mistress Maria Skerrett, who he would later marry. Walpole was tutored at home before entering Eton College in 1727, and then on to King's College, Cambridge in March 1735. Lady Walpole died in 1737, much to the distress of her son, possibly leading to his departure in 1738 from Cambridge before finishing his degree. He embarked on the Grand Tour of the continent with his friend whom he had met at Eton, poet Thomas Gray (1716-1771), though they would prove to be incompatible travel companions. Immersing themselves in the social life, they went to Paris and Rheims then on to Florence and Tuscany. It was there that he met the British minister to the court of Tuscany, Horace Mann, with whom he became great friends, and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu of whom he would write about sardonically later. Walpole quarrelled with Gray and they parted ways in 1741. It is likely that Walpole was homosexual and preferred the non-committal company of older women.

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Horace Walpole The Castle of Otranto Introduction The Bard Nature Will Prevail was acted with considerable success at the Haymarket Theatre. He never married. Strawberry Hill remained the passion of his life. His voluminous and vivacious correspondence gives an unrivalled picture of his age. He became the fourth Earl of Orford in 1791 and died at what was then 40 Berkeley Square on 2 March, 1797. Among his books printed at Strawberry Hill are: A Letter from Xo Ho A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England Fugitive Pieces in Verse and Prose Anecdotes of Painting in England The Mysterious Mother , A Tragedy, 1768; A Description and Inventory of the Villa of Horace Walpole Essay on Modern Gardening A. T. Hazen, A Bibliography of Horace Walpole Letters , ed. by Mrs. Paget Toynbee, 16 vols., 1903-5, with three supplementary vols. ed. by Paget Toynbee, 1918-25; the Yale Edition of the Correspondence , ed. by W. S. Lewis, 16 vols., 1937-52; Selected Letters The Castle of Otranto , ed. by Caroline Spurgeon, 1907; by Montague Summers, 1924; by Osward Doughty, 1929. Lives by: Austin Dobson, 1890; Stephen Gwynn, 1932; R. W. Ketton-Cremer, 1940. See also Sir Walter Scott, Lives of the Novelists ; Montague Summers

18. Walpole, Horace, 4th Earl Of Orford — Infoplease.com Among his more famous correspondents are Gray, Sir horace Mann, Thomas Chatterton, and Mme Du Deffand. walpole succeeded to the earldom of Orford in 1791. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0851383.html

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19. Horace Walpole Quotes 26 quotes and quotations by horace walpole. horace walpole By deafness one gains in one respect more than one loses; one misses more nonsense than sense http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/h/horace_walpole.html

Add the "Quote of the Day" to Your Site or Blog - it's EASY! Home Quote Topics Quote Keywords ... Author Nationalities Authors: A B C D ... Z Web brainyquote.com Horace Walpole Quotes Type: Author Quotes Category: English Author Quotes Date of Birth: September 24 Date of Death: March 2 Nationality: English Find on Amazon: Horace Walpole Related Authors: Samuel Johnson Anthony Trollope C. S. Lewis Walter Bagehot ... Penelope Lively Alexander at the head of the world never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school. Horace Walpole By deafness one gains in one respect more than one loses; one misses more nonsense than sense. Horace Walpole How well Shakespeare knew how to improve and exalt little circumstances, when he borrowed them from circumstantial or vulgar historians. Horace Walpole I avoid talking before the youth of the age as I would dancing before them: for if one's tongue don't move in the steps of the day, and thinks to please by its old graces, it is only an object of ridicule. Horace Walpole I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot help allowing them their due. Horace Walpole I never found even in my juvenile hours that it was necessary to go a thousand miles in search of themes for moralizing.

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September 24 Horace Walpole (1717) It was on this date, September 24, 1717, that English man of letters Horace Walpole was born in London. The youngest son of England's longest-ruling Prime Minister, Robert Walpole (who was most likely an Atheist), Horace's original first name was Horatio. Educated according to his social station, at Eton and King's College, Cambridge, Walpole graduated to traveling on the Continent for two years with poet Thomas Gray. Most likely, Walpole and Gray were homosexual lovers and Walpole's premature return to London in 1741, to take a seat in Parliament, was because they had quarreled. Two years later, in 1747, Walpole bought a house near Twickenham outside London, which he turned into a whimsical neo-Gothic mansion called Strawberry Hill. It was this architectural self-indulgence that started a neo-Gothic revival in England. Housed at Strawberry Hill was an eclectic collection of art, plus a small private press, on which he printed some of his now-reinstated friend Thomas Gray's works. Walpole published his own Gothic novel in 1765, The Castle of Otranto , to reflect that architectural style, and thereby launched a trend in Gothic literature.

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