The Mysteries of UdolphoPenguin UK, 28/01/2010 - 880 من الصفحات This 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. |
من داخل الكتاب
النتائج 1-5 من 80
الصفحة
... melancholy tenderness' and resisted superstition in trying circumstances. This was a technique for introducing apprehensions of the supernatural which late-eighteeth-century custodians of Enlightenment virtue could applaud, as can be ...
... melancholy tenderness' and resisted superstition in trying circumstances. This was a technique for introducing apprehensions of the supernatural which late-eighteeth-century custodians of Enlightenment virtue could applaud, as can be ...
الصفحة
... melancholy or a 'thrilling awe'; while charming valleys and plains, offset by the savage texture of surrounding mountains, are seen as 'beauty sleeping in the lap of horror'. What may strike readers as overly frequent scenic ...
... melancholy or a 'thrilling awe'; while charming valleys and plains, offset by the savage texture of surrounding mountains, are seen as 'beauty sleeping in the lap of horror'. What may strike readers as overly frequent scenic ...
الصفحة
... melancholy, reverie, nature and the departed are recurrent themes or motifs in much earlier eighteenth-century 'graveyard poetry'. They can be found in Edward Young's Night Thoughts (1742–5), Thomas Warton's On the Pleasures of Melancholy ...
... melancholy, reverie, nature and the departed are recurrent themes or motifs in much earlier eighteenth-century 'graveyard poetry'. They can be found in Edward Young's Night Thoughts (1742–5), Thomas Warton's On the Pleasures of Melancholy ...
الصفحة
... melancholy, which afterwards made a strong feature of his character – the wild walks of the mountains, the river, on whose waves he had floated, and the distant plains, which seemed boundless as his early hopes – were never after ...
... melancholy, which afterwards made a strong feature of his character – the wild walks of the mountains, the river, on whose waves he had floated, and the distant plains, which seemed boundless as his early hopes – were never after ...
الصفحة
... St Aubert from this spot, her lute was left on a window seat. She felt alarmed, yet knew not wherefore; the melancholy gloom of evening, and the profound stillness of the place, interrupted only by the light trembling.
... St Aubert from this spot, her lute was left on a window seat. She felt alarmed, yet knew not wherefore; the melancholy gloom of evening, and the profound stillness of the place, interrupted only by the light trembling.
طبعات أخرى - عرض جميع المقتطفات
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
added affected Annette apartment appeared attention aunt believe Blanche called castle chamber chateau circumstances concerning conduct considered continued conversation Count countenance dark dear distance door Emily Emily’s emotion endeavoured expected expressed eyes fancy father fear felt followed gave give hand happiness hear heard heart hope hour immediately interest Italy kind knew lady Languedoc late leave length light listened live looked Ludovico ma’amselle Madame Madame Montoni manner means melancholy mention mind moment Montoni mountains never night object observed occasioned once opened passed paused perceived person present reached reason received recollected remained remembered replied retired returned round scarcely scene seemed seen servants Signor silent smile sometimes soon sound speak spirits St Aubert steps suffered surprise tears tell terror thought till told travellers trembling turned Valancourt voice walked watch wish woods