The Mysteries of UdolphoThis was the most popular novel of Radcliffe's time and Radcliffe's portrayal of her heroine's inner life raised the Gothic romance to a new level. The atmosphere of fear and the gripping plot continue to thrill today. This is the story of the orphaned Emily St Aubert who finds herself separated from the man she loves and confined within the Castle of Udolpho by her aunt's new husband, Montoni. Here she must cope with an unwanted suitor, Montoni's threats, and the wild imaginings and terrors which threaten to overwhelm her. |
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St Aubert's 'botanizing' at his chateau and his taste for the sublime and picturesque, his dispute with his brother-in- law, Monsieur Quesnel, about the re-landscaping of his boyhood home, Emily's creative sensibility and ...
St Aubert's 'botanizing' at his chateau and his taste for the sublime and picturesque, his dispute with his brother-in- law, Monsieur Quesnel, about the re-landscaping of his boyhood home, Emily's creative sensibility and ...
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and a narrative they can safe from of the convent of St Clair. ... It was also common for testators to state the desired location within the church, as St Aubert does 'in mentioning the north chancel, near the ancient tomb of the ...
and a narrative they can safe from of the convent of St Clair. ... It was also common for testators to state the desired location within the church, as St Aubert does 'in mentioning the north chancel, near the ancient tomb of the ...
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That her romantic sensibility can render her more vulnerable in adversity is also the tenor of St Aubert's deathbed warning: do not indulge in the pride of fine feeling, the romantic error of amiable minds. Those, who really possess ...
That her romantic sensibility can render her more vulnerable in adversity is also the tenor of St Aubert's deathbed warning: do not indulge in the pride of fine feeling, the romantic error of amiable minds. Those, who really possess ...
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For example, we can point to the respective presentiments of St Aubert and Emily early in the novel which are in some way confirmed by subsequent happenings, or the strange conjunctions of events such as the conveying of the ...
For example, we can point to the respective presentiments of St Aubert and Emily early in the novel which are in some way confirmed by subsequent happenings, or the strange conjunctions of events such as the conveying of the ...
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Her Gothic past, surfacing in and permeating Emily's present, accords with St Aubert's warnings to Emily about indulging a vicious 'excess' of feelings and with Emily's own lessons in the constant need for restraint. At the same time, ...
Her Gothic past, surfacing in and permeating Emily's present, accords with St Aubert's warnings to Emily about indulging a vicious 'excess' of feelings and with Emily's own lessons in the constant need for restraint. At the same time, ...
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