Old English Baron

Name: Old English Baron
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ISBN: 9780192803276

ISBN-10: 0192803271

ISBN-13: 9780192803276

Edition: 2003

Authors: Clara Reeve, James Trainer, James Watt

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The Old English Baron is an ambitious rewriting of Horace Walpole's Castle of Otranto, transporting the trappings of the Gothic to medieval England. The noble hero endures many adventures of romantic horror in order to obtain his rightful heritage, and the story concludes with a dramatic day of retribution. Reeve's book is increasingly recognized as a major influence in the development of Gothic fiction. When Sir Philip Harclay returns to England after a long absence, he finds that his childhood friend, Arthur, Lord Lovel, is no longer alive, and that the castle and estates of the Lovel family have twice changed hands. But a mysteriously abandoned set of rooms in the castle promises to…

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List price: $11.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/8/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.72" long x 0.31" tall
Weight: 0.264
Language: English



Introduction


Note on the Text


Select Bibliography


A Chronology of Clara Reeve


The Old English Baron



'Address to the Reader', The Champion of Virtue, 1777




'Dedication to Mrs. Bridgen', The Old English Baron, 1780 edition



Explanatory Notes