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Horace Walpole
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English writer and politician (1717–1797)

Also known as: Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford, Horatio Walpole, Onuphrio Muralto, Sir Horace Walpole, Horace Walpole, 4. Earl of Orford, Хорас Уолпол

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Known works

  • The Castle of Otranto (1995)
  • The Letters of Horace Walpole (1842)
  • Seven Masterpieces of Gothic Horror (1963)
  • Anecdotes of painting in England (1762)
  • A catalog of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole