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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... interest in her is more economic than libidinous : he simply wants her money . Even then , he seems too preoccupied with his own affairs to give her much thought . ( She is left alone in her room in the castle for pages and pages ...
... interest in her is more economic than libidinous : he simply wants her money . Even then , he seems too preoccupied with his own affairs to give her much thought . ( She is left alone in her room in the castle for pages and pages ...
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... interest and apprehensions , than in giving either interest or dignity of explanation to the means she has made use of . ' Most readers experienced ' disappointment and displeasure ' , he wagered , when they read for the first time ...
... interest and apprehensions , than in giving either interest or dignity of explanation to the means she has made use of . ' Most readers experienced ' disappointment and displeasure ' , he wagered , when they read for the first time ...
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... interest . ' It was one of Emily's earliest pleasures to ramble among the scenes of nature ; nor was it in the soft and glowing landscape that she most delighted ; she loved more the wild wood - walks , that skirted the mountain ; and ...
... interest . ' It was one of Emily's earliest pleasures to ramble among the scenes of nature ; nor was it in the soft and glowing landscape that she most delighted ; she loved more the wild wood - walks , that skirted the mountain ; and ...
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... interest, during which he often wept, and sobbed aloud. Emily, who had come to the door to learn whether her father was ill, was now detained there by a mixture of curiosity and tenderness. She could not witness his sorrow, without ...
... interest, during which he often wept, and sobbed aloud. Emily, who had come to the door to learn whether her father was ill, was now detained there by a mixture of curiosity and tenderness. She could not witness his sorrow, without ...
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... interest , at the moment , in any thing besides . After a league and a half more , passed in darkness , the travellers arrived at Beaujeu , and drove up to the only inn the place afforded ; which , though superior to any they had seen ...
... interest , at the moment , in any thing besides . After a league and a half more , passed in darkness , the travellers arrived at Beaujeu , and drove up to the only inn the place afforded ; which , though superior to any they had seen ...
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