The Old English Baron

Author: Clara Reeve

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Title: The Old English Baron

Author: Clara Reeve

Description: Clara Reeve answered The Castle of Otranto in 1777 with a gothic story that keeps the ghost but grounds it in believable events. A key text of the female gothic tradition.

Pages: 109

Size: 1.68 MB

Format: PDF

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