The Castle of Otranto

Horace Walpole was the youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole, the great statesman, who died Earl of Orford.

霍勒斯·沃尔波尔是伟大的政治家罗伯特·沃尔波尔爵士的小儿子，他去世时是奥福德伯爵。

Horace Walpole idled, and amused himself with the small life of the fashionable world to which he was proud of belonging, though he had a quick eye for its vanities.

霍勒斯·沃尔波尔闲散度日，他自豪地属于时尚世界的小圈子，但他对这个圈子的虚荣心有着敏锐的洞察。