Horace Walpole

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Horace Walpole


Born
in London, England
September 24, 1717

Died
March 02, 1797

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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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Quotes by Horace Walpole  (?)
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“The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.”
Horace Walpole

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

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

Polls

February 2016 Old School Classic Poll

1853, Villette by Charlotte Brontë, 573 pages
 
  24 votes, 16.3%

1896, The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells, 160 pages
 
  22 votes, 15.0%

1516, Utopia by Thomas More, 135 pages
 
  18 votes, 12.2%

 
  17 votes, 11.6%

1869, The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 667 pages
 
  15 votes, 10.2%

1603, Othello by William Shakespeare, 314 pages
 
  14 votes, 9.5%

 
  10 votes, 6.8%

1678, The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan, 324 pages
 
  7 votes, 4.8%

1796, The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis, 386 pages
 
  7 votes, 4.8%

 
  4 votes, 2.7%

1853, Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell, 432 pages
 
  4 votes, 2.7%

 
  2 votes, 1.4%

1788, Emmeline by Charlotte Turner Smith, 520 pages
 
  2 votes, 1.4%

1832, Indiana by George Sand, 278 pages
 
  1 vote, 0.7%

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