The castle is open. Walpol G.

Italy, the end of the XII century. Over the clan of the feudal lord, Manfred, who took possession of the castle of Otranto through a treacherous murder, gravitates the prophecy: family members will own this castle only as long as it is transmitted along the male line. When Manfred's only son dies under mysterious circumstances, the cruel father decides to marry her bride’s bride against her will in order to secure the heir. However, the girl has defenders, and not all of them belong to the world of mortals...

“Otranto Castle” has become a sensation for the reading public and, expressed in a modern manner, an international bestseller translated into all European languages , including Russian. You can talk a lot about the novel. But the main thing is enough: it was the cornerstone, embedded in the foundation of the whole literature of mysticism and horrors that we all love so much.