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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... heart sick ' . Few readers today , perhaps , will find The Mysteries of Udolpho as therapeutic as Scott and his contemporaries did . We have other opiates nowadays , even for the unregarded votaries of celibacy . Some readers - put off ...
... heart sick ' . Few readers today , perhaps , will find The Mysteries of Udolpho as therapeutic as Scott and his contemporaries did . We have other opiates nowadays , even for the unregarded votaries of celibacy . Some readers - put off ...
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... heart must feel , his tongue would say : Yet ah ! not all his heart must sadly feel ! How oft the flow'ret's silken leaves conceal The drug that steals the vital spark away ! And who that gazes on that angel - smile . Would fear its ...
... heart must feel , his tongue would say : Yet ah ! not all his heart must sadly feel ! How oft the flow'ret's silken leaves conceal The drug that steals the vital spark away ! And who that gazes on that angel - smile . Would fear its ...
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... heart. When the service was ended, and the servants were withdrawn, he tenderly kissed Emily, and said, 'I have endeavoured to teach you, from your earliest youth, the duty of self-command; I have pointed out to you the great importance ...
... heart. When the service was ended, and the servants were withdrawn, he tenderly kissed Emily, and said, 'I have endeavoured to teach you, from your earliest youth, the duty of self-command; I have pointed out to you the great importance ...
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... heart, and spoke to theirs. At this melancholy period, St. Aubert was likewise visited by Madame Cheron, his only surviving sister, who had been some years a widow, and now resided on her own estate near Tholouse.* The intercourse ...
... heart, and spoke to theirs. At this melancholy period, St. Aubert was likewise visited by Madame Cheron, his only surviving sister, who had been some years a widow, and now resided on her own estate near Tholouse.* The intercourse ...
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... heart to turn to . He stood lost amid the scenes of years which fancy called up , till the succession closed with the picture of his dying wife , and he started away , to forget it , if possible , at the social board . St. Aubert ...
... heart to turn to . He stood lost amid the scenes of years which fancy called up , till the succession closed with the picture of his dying wife , and he started away , to forget it , if possible , at the social board . St. Aubert ...
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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