The Castle of Otranto - Horace Walpole - Books - - 9798669964900 - November 1, 2020
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Horace Walpole
The Castle of Otranto

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Book Excerpt: ...which stood near the castle, and came back open- mouthed, declaring that the helmet was missing from Alfonso's statue. Manfred, at this news, grew perfectly frantic; and, as if he sought a subject on which to vent the tempest within him, he rushed again on the young peasant, crying -"Villain! Monster! Sorcerer! 'tis thou hast done this! 'tis thou hast slain my son!"The mob, who wanted some object within the scope of their capacities, on whom they might discharge their bewildered reasoning, caught the words from the mouth of their lord, and re- echoed -"Ay, ay; 'tis he, 'tis he: he has stolen the helmet from good Alfonso's tomb, and dashed out the brains of our young Prince with it," never reflecting how enormous the disproportion was between the marble helmet that had been in the church, and that of steel before their eyes; nor how impossible it was for a youth seemingly not twenty, to wield a piece of armour of so prodigious a weightThe folly of these ejaculations brought Manfred to himself...

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released November 1, 2020
ISBN13 9798669964900
Pages 94
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 6 mm   ·   149 g
Language English  

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