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Horace Walpole

Born

in London, England

September 24, 1717

Died

March 02, 1797

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Literature & Fiction, Humor, Nonfiction

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Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford — also known as Horace Walpole — was an English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician. He is now largely remembered for Strawberry Hill, the home he built in Twickenham, south-west London where he revived the Gothic style some decades before his Victorian successors, and for his Gothic novel, The Castle of Otranto. Along with the book, his literary reputation rests on his Letters, which are of significant social and political interest. He was the son of Sir Robert Walpole, and cousin of Lord Nelson.

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	The Castle of Otranto 3.19 avg rating — 46,208 ratings — published 1764 — 331 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hieroglyphic Tales by Horace Walpole, Jull McElmurry (Illustrator), Thomas Christensen (Editor) 3.31 avg rating — 308 ratings — published 1785 — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Four Gothic Novels: The Castle of Otranto; Vathek; The Monk; Frankenstein by Horace Walpole, William Beckford, Matthew Gregory Lewis 4.13 avg rating — 216 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Castle of Otranto and The Mysterious Mother 3.34 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 1764 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third 3.65 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 1768 — 68 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mysterious Mother: A Tragedy (1791) 2.91 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 1768 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gothic Classics: The Castle of Otranto and The Old English Baron by Horace Walpole (Contributor), Clara Reeve, Leslie S. Klinger (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.42 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1764 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tres piezas góticas by Horace Walpole, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Matthew Gregory Lewis 3.43 avg rating — 60 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Castle of Otranto and the Man of Feeling, A Longman Cultural Edition by Horace Walpole, Henry MacKenzie, Laura Mandell 3.38 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Готически романи by Horace Walpole, Jacques Cazotte, William Beckford 4.06 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1986 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.”
― Horace Walpole

tags: comedy, emotions, life, perspective, thinking, tragedy

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“When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by nettles.”
― Horace Walpole

tags: clarity, decision, decisions, gardening, thinking, thought

139 likes

“This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel.”
― Horace Walpole, The Letters of Horace Walpole

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The Machine Stops E.M. Forster

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The Signal-Man by Charles Dickens

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Stancliffe's Hotel by Charlotte Brontë

18 votes, 16.4%

The Lottery in Babylon by Jorge Luis Borges found in The Garden of Forking Paths

15 votes, 13.6%

The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole

12 votes, 10.9%

Silent Snow, Secret Snow by Conrad Aiken

7 votes, 6.4%

The Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson

6 votes, 5.5%

A Horseman in the Sky by Ambrose Bierce

6 votes, 5.5%

Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters

5 votes, 4.5%

Michael Kohlhaas: A Tale from an Old Chronicle by Heinrich von Kleist

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