A milkmaid reads The Castle of Otranto
Gothic author Horace Walpole didn’t think milkmaid Ann Yearsley would be able to ‘digest’ his novel. She proves him wrong in the poem she wrote in response. Read it with me!
18th C
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Strawberry Hill: The Gothic Mansion of a 18th Century Nepobaby
The ultimate 18th-century “nepo baby” built himself a Gothic fantasy house: Strawberry Hill. I write about a recent visit to the mansion and the Walpole extended universe.
