Serendipity refers to happy chances that feel magical and lead to unexpected opportunities. By adopting certain habits, we ...

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Gothic Literature gained popularity in the late 1700s with the publication of Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto. Since ...

Horace Walpole, a writer, politician, antiquarian, and son of Britain’s first prime minister, built Strawberry Hill House in four stages: 1749, 1760, 1772 and 1776. With each stage, he added ...

As Horace Walpole, the fourth earl of Orford, wrote in 1776, “This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel.” Given that observation, and provided that saner minds ...

della Valle. Her son Horace (or Horatio), Earl of Orford, put up the memorial and wrote the following inscription: To the memory of Catherine Lady Walpole, eldest daughter of John Shorter, Esqr. of ...

Teacher review is recommended prior to use in class. English aristocrat Horace Walpole combines the supernatural and horrific to create the first Gothic novel. Purporting to be translated from an ...