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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... chamber . The languor and dejection , that had lately oppressed her , and which the exertion called forth by the arrival of her guests had suspended , now returned with increased effect . On the following day , symptoms of fever ...
... chamber . The languor and dejection , that had lately oppressed her , and which the exertion called forth by the arrival of her guests had suspended , now returned with increased effect . On the following day , symptoms of fever ...
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... chamber , to tell him , that she perceived her death was approaching . ' Do not attempt to deceive me , ' said she , ' I feel that I cannot long survive . I am prepared for the event , I have long , I hope , been preparing for it ...
... chamber , to tell him , that she perceived her death was approaching . ' Do not attempt to deceive me , ' said she , ' I feel that I cannot long survive . I am prepared for the event , I have long , I hope , been preparing for it ...
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... chamber on the night before their departure; but Emily had a few books and other things to collect, and the clock had struck twelve before she had finished, or had remembered that some of her drawing instruments, which she meant to take ...
... chamber on the night before their departure; but Emily had a few books and other things to collect, and the clock had struck twelve before she had finished, or had remembered that some of her drawing instruments, which she meant to take ...
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... . At length St. Aubert returned the picture into its case; and Emily, recollecting that she was intruding upon his private sorrows, softly withdrew from the chamber. CHAPTER III O how canst thou renounce the boundless store.
... . At length St. Aubert returned the picture into its case; and Emily, recollecting that she was intruding upon his private sorrows, softly withdrew from the chamber. CHAPTER III O how canst thou renounce the boundless store.
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... chamber opened . She was so little accustomed to the manners of a convent , as to be alarmed by this circumstance ; her fears , ever alive for her father , suggested that he was very ill , and she rose in haste to go to him . Having ...
... chamber opened . She was so little accustomed to the manners of a convent , as to be alarmed by this circumstance ; her fears , ever alive for her father , suggested that he was very ill , and she rose in haste to go to him . Having ...
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