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. |
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... conversation, which had passed, concerning the probable state of departed souls; remembered, also, the solemn music she had heard, and to which the tenderness of her spirits had, in spite of her reason, given a superstitious meaning. At ...
... conversation, which had passed, concerning the probable state of departed souls; remembered, also, the solemn music she had heard, and to which the tenderness of her spirits had, in spite of her reason, given a superstitious meaning. At ...
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... conversation with them only on rare occasions, and then from behind a curtain and in the presence of the abbess. Radcliffe continues (pp. 109–10), 'The poor nuns, thus nearly entombed during their lives, are, after their death, tied ...
... conversation with them only on rare occasions, and then from behind a curtain and in the presence of the abbess. Radcliffe continues (pp. 109–10), 'The poor nuns, thus nearly entombed during their lives, are, after their death, tied ...
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... conversation awakened the nicer emotions of her mind, that threw such a captivating grace around her: 'Those tend'rer tints, that shun the careless eye, And, in the world's contagious circle, die.' 5 St Aubert cultivated her ...
... conversation awakened the nicer emotions of her mind, that threw such a captivating grace around her: 'Those tend'rer tints, that shun the careless eye, And, in the world's contagious circle, die.' 5 St Aubert cultivated her ...
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... conversation detained them in this enchanting spot, till the sun's last light slept upon the plains; till the white sails that glided beneath the mountains, where the Garonne wandered, became dim, and the gloom of evening stole over the ...
... conversation detained them in this enchanting spot, till the sun's last light slept upon the plains; till the white sails that glided beneath the mountains, where the Garonne wandered, became dim, and the gloom of evening stole over the ...
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... conversation was not known; but, whatever it might be, St Aubert, when he returned to the supper-room, seemed much disturbed, and a shade of sorrow sometimes fell upon his features, that alarmed Madame St Aubert. When they were alone ...
... conversation was not known; but, whatever it might be, St Aubert, when he returned to the supper-room, seemed much disturbed, and a shade of sorrow sometimes fell upon his features, that alarmed Madame St Aubert. When they were alone ...
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