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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... light : Nothing could exceed Emily's admiration on her first view of Venice , with its islets , palaces , and towers ... lights and shades of evening . As they glided on , the grander features of this city appeared more distinctly : its ...
... light : Nothing could exceed Emily's admiration on her first view of Venice , with its islets , palaces , and towers ... lights and shades of evening . As they glided on , the grander features of this city appeared more distinctly : its ...
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... light slept upon the plains ; till the white sails that glided beneath the mountains , where the Garonne wandered , became dim , and the gloom of evening stole over the landscape . It was a melancholy but not unpleasing gloom . St ...
... light slept upon the plains ; till the white sails that glided beneath the mountains , where the Garonne wandered , became dim , and the gloom of evening stole over the landscape . It was a melancholy but not unpleasing gloom . St ...
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... light , and they in return charm him with music , and the dance . Do you see nothing tripping yonder ? ' Emily laughed . ' Well , my dear sir , ' said she , ' since you allow of this alliance , I may venture to own I have anticipated ...
... light , and they in return charm him with music , and the dance . Do you see nothing tripping yonder ? ' Emily laughed . ' Well , my dear sir , ' said she , ' since you allow of this alliance , I may venture to own I have anticipated ...
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... light steals down among the trembling leaves . And checquers all the ground , and guides them to the bow'r , The long haunted bow'r , where the nightingale grieves . Then no more they dance , till her sad song is done , But , silent as ...
... light steals down among the trembling leaves . And checquers all the ground , and guides them to the bow'r , The long haunted bow'r , where the nightingale grieves . Then no more they dance , till her sad song is done , But , silent as ...
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... will wander afar , And the fickle moon will fade , and the stars disappear , Then , cheerless will they be , tho ' they fairies are , If I , with my pale light , come not near ! Whatever St. Aubert might think of the stanzas , he.
... will wander afar , And the fickle moon will fade , and the stars disappear , Then , cheerless will they be , tho ' they fairies are , If I , with my pale light , come not near ! Whatever St. Aubert might think of the stanzas , he.
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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