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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... sometimes seen , like a gleam of light , amidst the dark verdure of the forest ; and sometimes a torrent poured its sparkling flood , high among the woods . Valancourt's indisposition detained the travellers at Beaujeu several days ...
... sometimes seen , like a gleam of light , amidst the dark verdure of the forest ; and sometimes a torrent poured its sparkling flood , high among the woods . Valancourt's indisposition detained the travellers at Beaujeu several days ...
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... sometimes lost among the vineyards , and then rising in greater majesty in the distant pastures . The towering precipices of the Pyrenées , that rose to the south , gave Emily a thousand interesting rec- ollections of her late journey ...
... sometimes lost among the vineyards , and then rising in greater majesty in the distant pastures . The towering precipices of the Pyrenées , that rose to the south , gave Emily a thousand interesting rec- ollections of her late journey ...
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... Sometimes they passed into other countries , and mingled with armies , which still kept the field . Sometimes they formed themselves into bands of robbers , and occupied remote fortresses , where their desperate character , the weakness ...
... Sometimes they passed into other countries , and mingled with armies , which still kept the field . Sometimes they formed themselves into bands of robbers , and occupied remote fortresses , where their desperate character , the weakness ...
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