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Book Title: Castle of Otranto
Number of Pages: 140 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: CreateSpace
Publication Year: 2017
Item Height: 0.3 in
Topic: European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Genre: Literary Collections
Item Weight: 9.5 Oz
Author: Horace Walpole
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
