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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Radcliffe's influence on Sir Walter Scott was greater than he knew or cared to recognize. Again, the Romantic poets, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats and Byron, owed much to the mode that Ann Radcliffe established.
Radcliffe's influence on Sir Walter Scott was greater than he knew or cared to recognize. Again, the Romantic poets, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats and Byron, owed much to the mode that Ann Radcliffe established.
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To relieve, or perhaps to indulge, the pensive temper of his mind, he bade Emily fetch the lute she knew how to touch with such sweet pathos. As she drew near the fishing-house, she was surprised to hear the tones of the instrument, ...
To relieve, or perhaps to indulge, the pensive temper of his mind, he bade Emily fetch the lute she knew how to touch with such sweet pathos. As she drew near the fishing-house, she was surprised to hear the tones of the instrument, ...
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Madame St Aubert knew not that she left it for ever. When they reached the fishing-house she missed her bracelet, and recollected that she had taken it from her arm after dinner, and had left it on the table when she went to walk.
Madame St Aubert knew not that she left it for ever. When they reached the fishing-house she missed her bracelet, and recollected that she had taken it from her arm after dinner, and had left it on the table when she went to walk.
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... of a secret treaty, which he knew to be Porte, and of the light in which Henry of Navarre was St Aubert recollected enough of his former experience to be assured, that his guest could be only of an inferior class of politicians; ...
... of a secret treaty, which he knew to be Porte, and of the light in which Henry of Navarre was St Aubert recollected enough of his former experience to be assured, that his guest could be only of an inferior class of politicians; ...
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'I live for my family and myself,' said St Aubert; 'I am now contented to know only happiness; – formerly I knew life.' 'I mean to expend thirty or forty thousand livres12 on improvements,' said M. Quesnel, without seeming to notice the ...
'I live for my family and myself,' said St Aubert; 'I am now contented to know only happiness; – formerly I knew life.' 'I mean to expend thirty or forty thousand livres12 on improvements,' said M. Quesnel, without seeming to notice the ...
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