This frustrated Walpole, who wanted to write imaginative stories, which he believed were more authentic than realistic works and showed a different or under-analyzed side of humanity. Many of these realistic books went into excruciating detail in order to outline the etiquette and manners of their characters. The prevailing attitude was that fiction should be representative of life and as real as possible. Thus, Horace Walpole was well aware that he was creating a new genre and laying down the foundations for it. When the novel was published in 1764, there was a good deal of debate as to what the function of fiction was, or ought to be. The Castle of Otranto is considered by most scholars to be the first Gothic novel.
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