The Castle of Otranto (FULL Audiobook)

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The Castle of Otranto - audiobook
Horace WALPOLE (1717 - 1797)
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The Castle of Otranto is a 1764 novel by Horace Walpole. It is generally held to be the first gothic novel, initiating a literary genre which would become extremely popular in the later 18th century and early 19th century. Thus, Castle, and Walpole by extension is arguably the forerunner to such authors as Ann Radcliffe, Bram Stoker, Daphne du Maurier, and Stephen King. (Summary by Wikipedia)
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Language: English (FULL Audiobook)

[@nicolerothenay7439]

If you're looking for where everything starts... Prefaces: 0:00 Chapter 1: 9:30 Chapter 2: 56:38 Chapter 3: 1:45:08 Chapter 4: 2:34:08 Chapter 5: 3:17:45

[@toffeebrain4793]

bless you

[@helenbobeirne]

people out here doing God's work

[@cutecats1657]

Thank you! I really did need this :D

[@neveensadoun5123]

Thank you😇😇😇 He bored me

[@DreamWeavr]

Thanks!

[@MA-jg6tw]

Surprised to see so much complaining about a free audio book. Go buy one if you aren’t satisfied. I thought it was excellent

[@garrymoore-eroomyrrag]

this audiobook reading is actually super helpful because Walpole writes dialogue in really uncomfortable ways. the character voices in this audiobook really help to distinguish who says which line and allows for an easier reading flow. thank you!

[@GothelGrigore]

Ikr it makes me so mad. Walpole doesn’t capitalize sometimes either

[@astronomy7911]

Better than what I was expecting to be honest. Love the thunder and rain in the pauses. Thanks for uploading.

[@tobiasglendenning7966]

I'm currently trying to translate this into gothic. You know, first gothic book in gothic. I'm still getting the hang of it so it's probably not great but here's the start of it: *Manfred, reiks *Hwdruntis, habaida ainana sunu jah aina dauhtar. So aftumei was skaunjon magaþ, wintriwe ·ih·, was haitada *Matilda. *Konrad, sunaus, was ·g· wintrjus juhizein. Is siuka jah unmahteiga aþþan abraba frijoda þairh is attan (ni ataugida saei frijawa du *Matildai). *Manfred liugaida sunau miþ *Isabella (dauhtar af sa *markareiki af *Weinkentai). *Isabella atgibada du *Manfreda þairh izos berusjans; faura si sprauto liugai *Konrad þan magi hailjau. Gard jag garznans qaþ ina þatei is was wana usþulain. Sa frumista andþahta is mitone was ƕasson. Hippolita, is qino, was frijondleik. Hippolita frah jau ija skuleina *laggsams ibai is fraliusiþ is jundai jah aiþþau is libainai. Si gibada ainaha andahaft, ei ni gabar si arbjans. Or *𐌿𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃𐌽𐌰 𐌷𐍅𐌳𐍂𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌹𐍃 *𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍆𐍂𐌴𐌳, 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 *𐌷𐍅𐌳𐍂𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌹𐍃, 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌿 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌰𐍂. 𐍃𐍉 𐌰𐍆𐍄𐌿𐌼𐌴𐌹 𐍅𐌰𐍃 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉𐌽 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌸, 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌹𐍅𐌴 ·𐌹̈𐌷·, 𐍅𐌰𐍃 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌳𐌰 *𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌰. *𐌺𐍉𐌽𐍂𐌰𐌳, 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌿𐍃, 𐍅𐌰𐍃 ·𐌲· 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐌿𐍃 𐌾𐌿𐌷𐌹𐌶𐌴𐌹𐌽. 𐌹̈𐍃 𐍃𐌹𐌿𐌺𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌿𐌽𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌲𐌰 𐌰𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌰𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌳𐌰 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷 𐌹̈𐍃 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰𐌽 (𐌽𐌹 𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐍃𐌰𐌴𐌹 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐌰𐍅𐌰 𐌳𐌿 *𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌹). *𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍆𐍂𐌴𐌳 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌿 𐌼𐌹𐌸 *𐌹̈𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌴𐌻𐌻𐌰 (𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌰𐍂 𐌰𐍆 𐍃𐌰 *𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌹 𐌰𐍆 *𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌺𐌴𐌽𐍄𐌰𐌹). *𐌹̈𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌴𐌻𐌻𐌰 𐌰𐍄𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌳𐌰 𐌳𐌿 *𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍆𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷 𐌹̈𐌶𐍉𐍃 𐌱𐌴𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽𐍃; 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰 𐍃𐌹 𐍃𐍀𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍄𐍉 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌹 *𐌺𐍉𐌽𐍂𐌰𐌳 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌹 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌿. 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳 𐌾𐌰𐌲 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌶𐌽𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌵𐌰𐌸 𐌹̈𐌽𐌰 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 𐌹̈𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌿𐍃𐌸𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌽. 𐍃𐌰 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌸𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰 𐌹̈𐍃 𐌼𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌽𐌴 𐍅𐌰𐍃 *𐍈𐌰𐍃𐍃ō𐌽. 𐌷𐌹𐍀𐍀𐍉𐌻𐌹𐍄𐌰, 𐌹̈𐍃 𐌵𐌹𐌽𐍉, 𐍅𐌰𐍃 *𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐌳𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺. 𐌷𐌹𐍀𐍀𐍉𐌻𐌹𐍄𐌰 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌷 𐌾𐌰𐌿 𐌹̈𐌾𐌰 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 *𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍃𐌰𐌼𐍃 𐌹̈𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐌹̈𐍃 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌹𐌸 𐌹̈𐍃 𐌾𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌹 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌿 𐌹̈𐍃 𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹. 𐍃𐌹 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌳𐌰 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌷𐌰 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌷𐌰𐍆𐍄, 𐌴𐌹 𐌽𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍂 𐍃𐌹 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽𐍃.

[@LordOmnissiah]

Many thanks for uploading this! As for my opinion on the work itself, I understand this was the prototype for all subsequent Gothic novels so one can't expect perfection, but sweet merciful heavens these characters were so dull I nearly fell asleep! The only interesting character in the whole bunch was Manfred because he kept swinging between relatable and jerk status the whole time. Still at least I can say I read/listened to this all important work, it's good to know the roots of where modern literature came from.

[@Conquistadoom]

The literary version of the "Seinfeld isn't funny" trope.

[@themittymak]

1:45:08 Chapter 3

[@McbrideStudios]

Crushed by a giant helmet... huh. When I first heard about this plot point I had to read it and still do not understand where the helmet came form. Knock on wood.

[@themittymak]

9:30 is at Chapter 1

[@joeomalley2835]

I bought this on kindle and it is missing the preface to the novel, which explains quite a bit and puts a lot into context of the novel. Thanks for that and the audiobook of this as well. Gives the reader of this novel a much richer experience!

[@bonniesuekinch7776]

Story actually starts at 9:38.

[@TheUbernuck]

The frame narrative is an important part of gothic and horror stories though

[@LOCKEYJ]

The preface is part of the story

[@ellie698]

The preface is part of the fiction written by Walpole. It was a convention common at the time for writers to distance themselves from their works by pretending that they had *found" a work written or a story recounted by someone else, that they have merely translated. Being a novelist wasn't yet a *thing*, novels as a form of writing were in their infancy, much less a respectable way of earning a living! Many novels of this period do something similar, Gulliver's Travels for instance.

[@FunTimes.withJustineRose]

The Italian accent of Father Jerome! So accurate 😂

[@toffeebrain4793]

I keep being irritated and amused by this

[@Whimsicalwoods9]

It really ruins this audiobook for me... he sounds Jamaican in one breath then weirdly Irish in another

[@jaredduncan8569]

I would’ve said Swedish

[@GalxyStudios]

gonna attempt to make a webcomic adaption of this

[@cujo4397]

so awesome!! you totally should!! will you share the link if you decide to post it? : )

[@tobiasglendenning7966]

I'm personally trying to translate it into gothic for practice. Thought it would be interesting to make a gothic translation of the first gothic book

[@themittymak]

3:17:45 chapter 5

[@hannahdoherty8850]

Enjoyed this more than I expected! Thanks for uploading

[@WarpedAkira]

Ship Hits is definitely in my top 3 podcasts ever and i started relistening at the start of the year, i recomend it a lot and measure everything in priuses

[@y2k_aurerta]

Hey can you tell me sir how many characters there are and tell me all there names just asking plus im a digital artist and a writer and a future programmer ima go to college when i get out of high school love your audio its amazing first wver audio listing to on youtube rlly

[@imabf]

Thanks for uploading!

[@themittymak]

56:38 Chapter 2

[@joenax777]

the way the author never included quotation marks and how it is filled with dialogue is so frustrating

[@lindadetamore252]

I read this book years ago. This is the first time I've heard it on audio.

[@chinatowncuriosities]

I love you Linda

[@pandafam0416]

Bookmark: 15:03

[@AdAstra34]

Thanks for uploading :)

[@ronaldronca7547]

This must be a tale Pinocchio used when entertaining his yo-yo friends

[@willowl1355]

Superb Gothic romance!

[@LIsa_Shi]

Really?

[@holliisixx]

1:30:00

[@lumpfish99]

i have wanted to read this for some time......its good.

[@itachiuchihas8thheartevent]

thank you!

[@stellalipsinic5671]

Does anyone know the name of the narrator?

[@linuogu4299]

bookmark 2:55:20

[@leah1072]

for myself to comeback to - 28:24

[@Pianoguy32]

The reader has all the charisma of Stephen hawkings vocal machine.

[@Conquistadoom]

I kept wondering if he were AI.

[@FieldBonnie-p9q]

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[@tzarinavictoria3531]

The preface had a good audio sound but chapter one was tinny

[@Clementina_Ti]

56:40 chapter dos

[@allisonv7475]

1:00:43

[@krslsy725]

2:09:45

[@ludovica8221]

Oh- tran- toe Wow..not. oth-ranto

[@ellie698]

Yes, uh-TRAN-toe. His reading and phrasing isn't great. And what I presume is a poem at the end of the preface was read really weirdly. It sounded like he was pausing at the end of lines of poetry even though you can tell by the phrases that they run on rather than pause. There's being able to read, being literate, then being able to READ. He can do the first, but not so great at the second 🙄

[@oh5793]

this reminds me of shakespeare's "gothic" plays

[@galerights8983]

chapter 2 56:37

[@galerights8983]

1:52:49 "During this interview"

[@galerights8983]

2:11:24

[@valentinaotranto7871]

yo soy otranto

[@tinafreese6655]

3:34:10

[@ajones747]

oh, no. dreaded librivox.

[@pablovonpablo2590]

Why dreaded?

[@dahlrussell]

Computer generated...

[@ms53182]

29

[@Shannoe07]

48:27

[@Andre_APM]

Wow, Manfred, sucks.

[@themittymak]

2:34:08 Chapter 4

[@akreon_]

bookmark 1:20:12

[@poojasrivastava1304]

1:13:59

[@constantinbiris4731]

1:55:44

[@chesslaw2187]

2:36:41

[@oliviapuckettt]

2:21:00

[@hannahdoherty8850]

2:56:59

[@faithannaolsson6738]

3:17:27

[@antea8985]

2:33:44

[@ΆνναΣακαλή-β9ω]

3:17:31