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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... reached a green summit , shadowed by palm - trees , and overlooking the values and plains of Gascony , they seated themselves on the turf ; and while their eyes wandered over the glorious scene , and they inhaled the sweet breath of ...
... reached a green summit , shadowed by palm - trees , and overlooking the values and plains of Gascony , they seated themselves on the turf ; and while their eyes wandered over the glorious scene , and they inhaled the sweet breath of ...
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... reached me ! How often I have sat with a book in my hand , sometimes reading , and sometimes looking out between the branches upon the wide landscape , and the setting sun , till twilight came , and brought the birds home to their ...
... reached me ! How often I have sat with a book in my hand , sometimes reading , and sometimes looking out between the branches upon the wide landscape , and the setting sun , till twilight came , and brought the birds home to their ...
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... reached the chateau , where his wife had retired to her chamber . The languor and dejection , that had lately oppressed her , and which the exertion called forth by the arrival of her guests had suspended , now returned with increased ...
... reached the chateau , where his wife had retired to her chamber . The languor and dejection , that had lately oppressed her , and which the exertion called forth by the arrival of her guests had suspended , now returned with increased ...
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... among the mountains , and , bending his way rather more to the south , to emerge into Rousillon , and coast the Mediterranean along part of that country to Languedoc . Soon after mid-day, they reached the summit of one of.
... among the mountains , and , bending his way rather more to the south , to emerge into Rousillon , and coast the Mediterranean along part of that country to Languedoc . Soon after mid-day, they reached the summit of one of.
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Ann Radcliffe Bonamy Dobrée. Soon after mid-day, they reached the summit of one of those cliffs, which, bright with the verdure of palm trees, adorn, like gems, the tremendous walls of the rocks, and which overlooked the greater part of ...
Ann Radcliffe Bonamy Dobrée. Soon after mid-day, they reached the summit of one of those cliffs, which, bright with the verdure of palm trees, adorn, like gems, the tremendous walls of the rocks, and which overlooked the greater part of ...
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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