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Every time I read “…and was friends with Horace Walpole” in someone’s biography, I think to myself – ahhh, another one who knew that fruity little fella.
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Strawberry Hill House, Twickenham, 2024. © Moon and Serpent
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John Carter, View of the Library at Strawberry Hill, 1788, watercolor.
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Waves at the Shore of Otranto, 2025 by Ari Bach
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“The world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those who feel.”
— Horace Walpole
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The world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those who feel.
~Horace Walpole
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16 Sept. 24 - Currently Reading
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#strawberry hill#horace walpole#the castle of otranto#dark academia#dark acadamia aesthetic#grey academia#classic academia#dark aesthetic#books#gothic literature#moodboard#dark academia moodboard#ἐποίησα
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Matilda
from The Castle of Otranto (1764) by Horace Walpole
submitted by @theyuriofotranto who said:
She pretty much would rather be a nun than marry a man, although this may be due to the fact her abusive father has a say in it, and seems to have feelings for both Isabella and Theodore, who I've always interpreted as nonbinary in that his gender is "fair youth"
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Horace Walpole | Strawberry Hill House | Financial Times
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Strawberry Hill House, Twickenham, 2024. © Moon and Serpent
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Greenhouse Interior, Perhaps the Orangerie, attributed to Marianne Rush, undated (pre-1814), watercolor.
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"Este mundo es una comedia para quienes piensan, y una tragedia para quienes sienten"
-----Horace Walpole
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Happy birthday Horace Walpole!
Horace was born on 24 September 1717. Here he is, the probably gay, asexual inventor of gothic fiction, enjoying a relaxed afternoon in the library with his dog. To share some key facts about Horace on this important day:
He authored the seminal gothic novel, The Castle of Otranto, and also coined the incredibly gothic word 'gloomth'
He once wrote to a possible lover “My satisfaction arises from your passion not from my own…” and was described by friends as “untost by [sexual] passions”.
He wrote poetry about a fairy named Patapan, after his dog.
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#horace walpole#queer history#gay history#ace history#lgbt#lgbtq#queer#lgbt history#asexuality#gothic literature
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