Horace Walpole
Walpole invented the Gothic novel with The Castle of Otranto, combining medieval atmosphere with supernatural machinery in a way that spawned an entire genre. His Strawberry Hill house made Gothic a defining aesthetic of the age.
Walpole invented the Gothic novel with The Castle of Otranto, combining medieval atmosphere with supernatural machinery in a way that spawned an entire genre. His Strawberry Hill house made Gothic a defining aesthetic of the age.