The Mysteries of UdolphoDover Publications, 2004 - 620 من الصفحات Stranded in a gloomy medieval fortress, an orphaned heroine battles the devious schemes of her guardians as well as her own pensive visions and melancholy fancies. Generations of readers have thrilled to The Mysteries of Udolpho, one of the most popular of the early Gothic novels and a landmark in the realm of psychological fiction. Set in 1584, the tale unfolds amid the secret chambers of a chateau in southern France and a castle in the remote Apennines, populated by pirates, brigands, ghosts, and specters. Emily St. Aubert, imprisoned by her rapacious guardian and his sadistic wife, struggles to reconcile her father's teachings of reserve and moderation with her own reckless passions. Emily's attempts to control her emotions and resolve her suspicions and self-doubts offer a haunting and hypnotic pre-Freudian exploration of the psyche. Sir Walter Scott proclaimed author Ann Radcliffe "the first poetess of romantic fiction," and this thriller became a bestseller upon its 1794 publication. The novel exercised a powerful influence on the Marquis de Sade, Edgar Allan Poe, and other mystery writers. It achieved further renown with a satirical treatment in Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, in which an impressionable young character is profoundly affected by the dungeons and crypts of Castle Udolpho and their scenes of bloodshed, mayhem, and terror. The Mysteries of Udolpho continues to enchant modern readers with the fairy-tale elements of its suspenseful plot and its dreamlike, surrealistic portrayals of human consciousness. |
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... door , which led to the staircase , expecting to see it open , and listening , in fearful silence , for a return of the noise , till she began to think it had proceeded from this door , and a wish of escaping through the opposite one ...
... door , which led to the staircase , expecting to see it open , and listening , in fearful silence , for a return of the noise , till she began to think it had proceeded from this door , and a wish of escaping through the opposite one ...
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... door , that seemed to communicate with the north - side of the chateau , but which being fastened , she descended the stair - case , and , opening a door in the wall , a few steps down , found herself in a small square room , that ...
... door , that seemed to communicate with the north - side of the chateau , but which being fastened , she descended the stair - case , and , opening a door in the wall , a few steps down , found herself in a small square room , that ...
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... door of the north chambers . This was still fastened , but , being now determined to arouse Ludovico , he renewed his calls more loudly than before , after which a total silence ensued , and the Count , finding all his efforts to be ...
... door of the north chambers . This was still fastened , but , being now determined to arouse Ludovico , he renewed his calls more loudly than before , after which a total silence ensued , and the Count , finding all his efforts to be ...
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