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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... hope , been preparing for it . Since I have not long to live , do not suffer a mistaken compassion to induce you to flatter my family with false hopes . If you do , their affliction will only be the heavier when it arrives : I will ...
... hope , been preparing for it . Since I have not long to live , do not suffer a mistaken compassion to induce you to flatter my family with false hopes . If you do , their affliction will only be the heavier when it arrives : I will ...
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... hope of a higher world. But her piety could not entirely subdue the grief of parting from those whom she so dearly loved. During these her last hours, she conversed much with St. Aubert and Emily, on the prospect of futurity, and on ...
... hope of a higher world. But her piety could not entirely subdue the grief of parting from those whom she so dearly loved. During these her last hours, she conversed much with St. Aubert and Emily, on the prospect of futurity, and on ...
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... hope to be forgiven! . . . . . . . . . These charms shall work thy soul's eternal health. And love, and gentleness, and joy, impart. THE MINSTREL* ST. ALBERT, instead of taking the more direct road, that ran along the feet of the ...
... hope to be forgiven! . . . . . . . . . These charms shall work thy soul's eternal health. And love, and gentleness, and joy, impart. THE MINSTREL* ST. ALBERT, instead of taking the more direct road, that ran along the feet of the ...
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... hope of overtaking you . ' ' And I have made you a very unexpected return for the compliment , ' said St. Aubert , who lamented again the rashness which had produced the accident , and explained the cause of his late alarm . But ...
... hope of overtaking you . ' ' And I have made you a very unexpected return for the compliment , ' said St. Aubert , who lamented again the rashness which had produced the accident , and explained the cause of his late alarm . But ...
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... hope you have many , many years to live- for your own sake - for my sake . ' ' Ah , my Emily ! ' replied St. Aubert , ' for thy sake ! Well - I hope it is so . ' He wiped away a tear , that was stealing down his cheek , threw a smile ...
... hope you have many , many years to live- for your own sake - for my sake . ' ' Ah , my Emily ! ' replied St. Aubert , ' for thy sake ! Well - I hope it is so . ' He wiped away a tear , that was stealing down his cheek , threw a smile ...
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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