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Horace Walpole

Born

in London, England, The United Kingdom

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: 3.21 · 33,327 ratings · 3,359 reviews · 698 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Castle of Otranto 3.18 avg rating — 31,004 ratings — published 1764 — 3320 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) 3.44 avg rating — 209 ratings — published 1785 — 48 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 3.99 avg rating — 167 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 3.39 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 1764	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 3.67 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 1768 — 57 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) 3.02 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1768 — 32 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 (Editor) 3.31 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2006	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 (Contributor), Robert McCammon (Introduction) 3.58 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1764 — 29 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 3.50 avg rating — 30 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
	Готически романи by Horace Walpole, Jacques Cazotte, William Beckford 3.96 avg rating — 26 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

126 likes

“Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not. A sense of humour was provided to console him for what he is.”
― Horace Walpole

tags: humour, imagination

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The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft, 43 pages, 1928

65 votes, 22.2%

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, 109 pages, 1952

58 votes, 19.8%

A Good Man Is Hard To Find by Flannery O'Connor, 24 pages, 1953

43 votes, 14.7%

The Little Photographer by Daphne du Maurier, 45 pages, 1952

41 votes, 14.0%

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

29 votes, 9.9%

The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West, 82 pages, 1918

20 votes, 6.8%

Lost Boy: A Novella by Thomas Wolfe, 95 pages, 1927

15 votes, 5.1%

Xingu by Edith Wharton, 48 pages, 1916

10 votes, 3.4%

The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat, 128 pages, 1937

8 votes, 2.7%

The Upper Berth by Francis Marion Crawford, 48 pages, 1886

4 votes, 1.4%

293 total votes

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