1. The gothic novel was invented almost single-handedly by Horace Walpole.
2. The first novel was The Castle of Otranto (1764).
3. The first novel was published in 1764.
4. Setting in a castle. An atmosphere of mystery and suspense., An ancient prophecy. Omens, portents, visions. Supernatural or otherwise inexplicable events. High, even overwrought emotion. Women in distress. Women threatened by a powerful, impulsive, tyrannical male. The metonymy of gloom and horror. The vocabulary of the gothic.
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