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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Because she is a woman of sensibility, of 'uncommon delicacy of mind', she must also quell the wild imaginings and terrors which threaten to overwhelm her. The 'mysteries' of the title, however, affect Emily's life well beyond Udolpho.
Because she is a woman of sensibility, of 'uncommon delicacy of mind', she must also quell the wild imaginings and terrors which threaten to overwhelm her. The 'mysteries' of the title, however, affect Emily's life well beyond Udolpho.
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As Robert Miles has pointed out, Radcliffe had more in mind than avoiding the impropriety of allowing a supernatural order when she caused all of Emily's terrifying experiences eventually to be explained. Her thematic purpose was also ...
As Robert Miles has pointed out, Radcliffe had more in mind than avoiding the impropriety of allowing a supernatural order when she caused all of Emily's terrifying experiences eventually to be explained. Her thematic purpose was also ...
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endure, peopled not by spirits but by phantasms of memory, projections of the mind set in motion by nostalgia and yearning for those who are loved but now absent: Drying her tears, she looked, once more, upon the landscape, ...
endure, peopled not by spirits but by phantasms of memory, projections of the mind set in motion by nostalgia and yearning for those who are loved but now absent: Drying her tears, she looked, once more, upon the landscape, ...
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She had discovered in her early years uncommon delicacy of mind, warm affections, and ready benevolence; but with these was observable a degree of susceptibility too exquisite to admit of lasting peace. As she advanced in youth, ...
She had discovered in her early years uncommon delicacy of mind, warm affections, and ready benevolence; but with these was observable a degree of susceptibility too exquisite to admit of lasting peace. As she advanced in youth, ...
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'The evening gloom of woods was always delightful to me,' said St Aubert, whose mind now experienced the sweet calm, which results from the consciousness of having done a beneficent action, and which disposes it to receive pleasure from ...
'The evening gloom of woods was always delightful to me,' said St Aubert, whose mind now experienced the sweet calm, which results from the consciousness of having done a beneficent action, and which disposes it to receive pleasure from ...
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