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🕯️ An after-hours literary evening at Strawberry Hill House🏰Join bestselling novelist Essie Fox for a candlelit Strawberry Hill After Dark event celebrating the publication of Catherine: A Retelling of Wuthering Heights ✨
Begin with exclusive after-dark access to Horace Walpole’s fantastical Gothic villa, wandering the house by twilight before gathering in the Gallery for an intimate in-conversation talk and Q&A. 🥂 Essie will explore obsession, landscape, ghosts, architecture, and the emotional darkness at the heart of the Gothic — from Wuthering Heights to her striking new retelling told in Catherine Earnshaw’s own voice.
The evening concludes with a book signing, with the option to pre-purchase a signed copy with your ticket.
📍 Strawberry Hill House, Twickenham
🕯️ Arrival from 6pm | Talk & Q&A 7pm
🥂 Includes a glass of fizz or soft drink
🎟️ Tickets: £25 | £45 with signed novel
👉 Book now: strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/essie-fox/
🏰 Why here? Strawberry Hill House was created by Horace Walpole, author of The Castle of Otranto (1764) — the world’s first Gothic novel. Our After Dark series invites you to experience the house as Walpole intended: atmospheric, theatrical, and alive with stories after nightfall.
📸: Matt Chung & Killian O’Sullivan
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268, Waldegrave Road, Twickenham, United Kingdom
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