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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... she looked, once more, upon the landscape, which had excited them, and perceived, that she was passing the very bank where she had taken leave of Valancourt, on the morning of her departure from Tholouse, and she now saw him, ...
... she looked, once more, upon the landscape, which had excited them, and perceived, that she was passing the very bank where she had taken leave of Valancourt, on the morning of her departure from Tholouse, and she now saw him, ...
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41 Both Montoni and Emily's aunt are contemptuous of sensibility, while the 'spectral' Sister Agnes of the convent of St Clair, herself once a woman of 'beauty and sensibility', is well placed to warn Emily of 'the first indulgence of ...
41 Both Montoni and Emily's aunt are contemptuous of sensibility, while the 'spectral' Sister Agnes of the convent of St Clair, herself once a woman of 'beauty and sensibility', is well placed to warn Emily of 'the first indulgence of ...
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620, 628, for an account of how, once they had literally 'made a name' through their success, authors like Ann Radcliffe and Fanny Burney abandoned – for more esteemed, established, betterpaying publishers – the circulating-library ...
620, 628, for an account of how, once they had literally 'made a name' through their success, authors like Ann Radcliffe and Fanny Burney abandoned – for more esteemed, established, betterpaying publishers – the circulating-library ...
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this spot, gave sweetness; and family happiness once more smiled beneath these shades. Monsieur St Aubert conversed with unusual cheerfulness; every object delighted his senses. The refreshing pleasure from the first view of nature, ...
this spot, gave sweetness; and family happiness once more smiled beneath these shades. Monsieur St Aubert conversed with unusual cheerfulness; every object delighted his senses. The refreshing pleasure from the first view of nature, ...
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The physician assumed a graver manner, which she observed, and took occasion, when her family had once quitted the chamber, to tell him, that she perceived her death was approaching. 'Do not attempt to deceive me,' said she, ...
The physician assumed a graver manner, which she observed, and took occasion, when her family had once quitted the chamber, to tell him, that she perceived her death was approaching. 'Do not attempt to deceive me,' said she, ...
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