The Mysteries of UdolphoOUP Oxford, 18/06/1998 - 736 من الصفحات `Her present life appeared like the dream of a distempered imagination, or like one of those frightful fictions, in which the wild genius of the poets sometimes delighted. Rreflections brought only regret, and anticipation terror.' Such is the state of mind in which Emily St. Aubuert - the orphaned heroine of Ann Radcliffe's 1794 gothic Classic, The Mysteries of Udolpho - finds herself after Count Montoni, her evil guardian, imprisions her in his gloomy medieval fortress in the Appenines. Terror is the order of the day inside the walls of Udolpho, as Emily struggles against Montoni's rapacious schemes and the threat of her own psychological disintegration. A best-seller in its day and a potent influence on Walpole, Poe, and other writers of eighteenth and nineteenth-century Gothic horror, The Mysteries of Udolpho remains one of the most important works in the history of European fiction. As the same time, with its dream-like plot and hallucinatory rendering of its characters' psychological states, it often seems strangely modern: `permanently avant-garde' in Terry Castle's words, and a profound and fascinating challenge to contemporary readers. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. |
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... Languedoc and the Pyrenees . While important events in the plot transpire in the course of these somewhat dreamlike wanderings - Emily meets the handsome huntsman , Valancourt , with whom she will fall in love , St Aubert eventually ...
... Languedoc and the Pyrenees . While important events in the plot transpire in the course of these somewhat dreamlike wanderings - Emily meets the handsome huntsman , Valancourt , with whom she will fall in love , St Aubert eventually ...
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... Languedoc , enter some miserable peasant cottages and are appalled by what they find : In several , which they entered , ignorance , poverty , and mirth seemed equally to prevail ; and the owners eyed St. Aubert with a mixture of ...
... Languedoc , enter some miserable peasant cottages and are appalled by what they find : In several , which they entered , ignorance , poverty , and mirth seemed equally to prevail ; and the owners eyed St. Aubert with a mixture of ...
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... her father happen to meet some unusually ' polite ' French peasants while travelling through Languedoc , she feels obliged to remind us that ' St. Aubert was himself a Frenchman ; he therefore was not surprised at French courtesy.
... her father happen to meet some unusually ' polite ' French peasants while travelling through Languedoc , she feels obliged to remind us that ' St. Aubert was himself a Frenchman ; he therefore was not surprised at French courtesy.
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... or aesthetic function in the novel . Thus when Emily and her father encounter ' a monumental cross ' atop a cliff while travelling through Languedoc they regard it merely as one ' terrific sight ' among many - part of.
... or aesthetic function in the novel . Thus when Emily and her father encounter ' a monumental cross ' atop a cliff while travelling through Languedoc they regard it merely as one ' terrific sight ' among many - part of.
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... Languedoc were lost in the mist of distance ; on the west , Gascony was bounded by the waters of Biscay . M. St. Aubert loved to wander , with his wife and daughter , on the margin of the Garonne , and to listen to the music that ...
... Languedoc were lost in the mist of distance ; on the west , Gascony was bounded by the waters of Biscay . M. St. Aubert loved to wander , with his wife and daughter , on the margin of the Garonne , and to listen to the music that ...
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abbess alarmed Ann Radcliffe Annette apartment Apennines appeared Aubert aunt Barnardine believe Blanche casement castle Cavigni chamber chateau circumstances condottieri conversation cottage Count Morano countenance dark dear distance door Dorothée Du Pont Emily Emily's emotion endeavoured enquired exclaimed eyes faint fancy father fear Gascony gloom Gothic Fiction grief happiness hear heard heart hope hour knew La Voisin lady Languedoc late leave length light listened looked Ludovico ma'amselle Madame Cheron Madame Montoni Marchioness melancholy mind mountains Mysteries of Udolpho never night observed opened passed paused perceived person Pont Pyrenées Quesnel Radcliffe rampart recollected remembered replied retired returned Rousillon scarcely scene seemed seen servants shew sigh Signor silent smile solemn soon sound spirits stair-case stranger suffered sunk surprised tears tell tenderness terrace terror Theresa Tholouse thought trembling Udolpho Valancourt Vallée Venice Verezzi Villefort voice watch waves whither wish woods