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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Ann Radcliffe Jacqueline Howard. 'Brilliant ... full of terror.” INDEPENDENT THEMYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO ANN RADCLIFFE was bornin 1764, the daughterof. Front Cover.
Ann Radcliffe Jacqueline Howard. 'Brilliant ... full of terror.” INDEPENDENT THEMYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO ANN RADCLIFFE was bornin 1764, the daughterof. Front Cover.
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... in the Monthly Review for November 1794, 'that... a story so well contrived to hold curiosity in pleasing suspence, and at the same time to agitate the soul with strong emotions of sympathetic terror, has seldom been produced.
... in the Monthly Review for November 1794, 'that... a story so well contrived to hold curiosity in pleasing suspence, and at the same time to agitate the soul with strong emotions of sympathetic terror, has seldom been produced.
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emotions of sympathetic terror, has seldom been produced.' Of course Udolpho still came in for some criticism – that it had 'too much of the terrific'; 4 that 'it would... have been more perfect, as well as more pleasing if Du Pont, ...
emotions of sympathetic terror, has seldom been produced.' Of course Udolpho still came in for some criticism – that it had 'too much of the terrific'; 4 that 'it would... have been more perfect, as well as more pleasing if Du Pont, ...
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Although readers liked The Castle of Otranto's spirited pace and dramatic qualities, its effect was one of momentary shocks rather than sustained terror. Clara Reeve, building on Walpole's theory of a new kind of romance, had argued in ...
Although readers liked The Castle of Otranto's spirited pace and dramatic qualities, its effect was one of momentary shocks rather than sustained terror. Clara Reeve, building on Walpole's theory of a new kind of romance, had argued in ...
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16 This important structuring principle frequently contributes, among other things, to the evocation of the frissons of terror for which her work is renowned. Consider, by way of example, the creepy incident in Volume I, Chapter VIII, ...
16 This important structuring principle frequently contributes, among other things, to the evocation of the frissons of terror for which her work is renowned. Consider, by way of example, the creepy incident in Volume I, Chapter VIII, ...
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