The Castle of Otranto: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 6 original MP3 tracks, 3:58:07 running time and a link to listen.
The Castle of Otranto, credited to Horace Walpole, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole. Read by Great Plains. The Castle of Otranto is a 1764 novel by Horace Walpole. It is generally held to be the first gothic novel, initiating a literary genre which would become extremely popular in the later 18th century and early 19th century. Thus, Castle, and Walpole by extension is arguably the forerunner to such authors as Ann Radcliffe, Bram Stoker, Daphne du Maurier, and Stephen King. (Summary by Wikipedia)
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Castle of Otranto
- Author credits: Horace Walpole
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 6
- Listed recording duration: 3:58:07
Catalogue topics
- walpole
- gothic
Track guide
- 0 - Preface — 9:13
- 1 - Chapter 1 — 47:34
- 2 - Chapter 2 — 48:28
- 3 - Chapter 3 — 48:40
- 4 - Chapter 4 — 43:45
- 5 - Chapter 5 — 40:32
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