So anyway, the son’s death leads Manfred to believe that an ancient prophecy is coming to pass which states that his ownership of the castle will cease “should the owner be grown too large to inhabit it.”. Well reading the book won't help.BECAUSE IT IS NEVER EXPLAINED. You might be wondering where the giant helmet came from and how it happened to fall. As the story begins, Manfred’s day gets off to a really bad start when his sickly son gets crushed by a massive helmet that falls on him inexplicably from above. The book centers around Manfred, who is the lord of a Castle Otranto. Second, as the first gothic novel, it has the additional distinction of being the first gothic novel to really, really suck. First, that there was at least one really, really crappy book published in the 18th century. Now, in fairness, it should be noted that the book was written in 1764 and is widely considered to be the first ever Gothic novel. In other words, suckage on a grand and towering scale. No, I mean planets and stars being pulled toward the event horizon of a black hole suckage. From this book I learned that classics CAN ALSO REALLY, REALLY SUCK!!! Now before continuing, I would like to be clear that when I say this book sucked, I don’t mean “it was well written but kinda dry and boring”sucked.
“CLASSICS” can teach us a great deal about things like history, culture, customs and different literary styles.
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