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Horace Walpole

Born

in London, England

September 24, 1717

Died

March 02, 1797

Genre

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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Average rating: 3.26 · 15,951 ratings · 2,300 reviews · 1,488 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Castle of Otranto 3.19 avg rating — 42,208 ratings — published 1764 — 2058 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) 3.34 avg rating — 296 ratings — published 1785 — 58 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 — 212 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 3.30 avg rating — 161 ratings — published 1764 — 5 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 3.64 avg rating — 104 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 — 74 ratings — published 1768 — 43 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) 3.46 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1764 — 35 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 3.49 avg rating — 53 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 3.37 avg rating — 49 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 — 34 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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Quotes by Horace Walpole (?)

“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

135 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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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%

1820, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving, 108 pages

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%

1794, The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe, 654 pages

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%

1764, The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole, 125 pages

4 votes, 2.7%

1853, Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell, 432 pages

4 votes, 2.7%

1896, The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett, 224 pages

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%

147 total votes

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