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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... father's countenance , and lamented , that he had taken a road so ill provided with the comforts necessary for an invalid . Other cottages , which they examined , seemed somewhat less savage than the former , consisting of two rooms ...
... father's countenance , and lamented , that he had taken a road so ill provided with the comforts necessary for an invalid . Other cottages , which they examined , seemed somewhat less savage than the former , consisting of two rooms ...
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... father's secret papers ? Who walks the ramparts at night under her window at Udolpho ? What is under the black veil ? What has happened to Montoni's one - time lover , the mysterious Signora Laurentini ? And so on and so on . For much ...
... father's secret papers ? Who walks the ramparts at night under her window at Udolpho ? What is under the black veil ? What has happened to Montoni's one - time lover , the mysterious Signora Laurentini ? And so on and so on . For much ...
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... father , - my mother ! " ( p . 580 ) . And at the end of the novel she is convinced that they ' live again ' in the gardens and woodlands around La Vallée : ' as she walked beneath the groves , which her father had planted , and where ...
... father , - my mother ! " ( p . 580 ) . And at the end of the novel she is convinced that they ' live again ' in the gardens and woodlands around La Vallée : ' as she walked beneath the groves , which her father had planted , and where ...
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... father's side to the surgeon Colonel Cheseldon and on her mother's side to the Bishop of Gloucester. 1772 Moves to Bath, where she may have attended Sophia Lee's school for young ladies. Family visits paid to the London home of Thomas ...
... father's side to the surgeon Colonel Cheseldon and on her mother's side to the Bishop of Gloucester. 1772 Moves to Bath, where she may have attended Sophia Lee's school for young ladies. Family visits paid to the London home of Thomas ...
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... father's household , ' said St. Aubert , grieved that the old mansion was to be thus improved , ' and that was not a small one . ' ' Our notions are somewhat enlarged since those days , ' said M. Quesnel ; ' what was then thought a ...
... father's household , ' said St. Aubert , grieved that the old mansion was to be thus improved , ' and that was not a small one . ' ' Our notions are somewhat enlarged since those days , ' said M. Quesnel ; ' what was then thought a ...
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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