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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... steps of the enthusiast , and where no track appeared on the vegetation , but what the foot of the izard * had left ; they would seek one of those green recesses , which so beautifully adorn the bosom of these mountains , where , under ...
... steps of the enthusiast , and where no track appeared on the vegetation , but what the foot of the izard * had left ; they would seek one of those green recesses , which so beautifully adorn the bosom of these mountains , where , under ...
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... steps should occasion her to lose a note of the music , or should disturb the musician . Every thing without the building was still , and no person appeared . She continued to listen , till timidity succeeded to surprise and delight ; a ...
... steps should occasion her to lose a note of the music , or should disturb the musician . Every thing without the building was still , and no person appeared . She continued to listen , till timidity succeeded to surprise and delight ; a ...
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... steps . After a moment's hesitation , St. Aubert again stopped the carriage , and waited till he came up , that they might enquire concerning the hamlet they were in search of . The stranger informed him , that it was only half a league ...
... steps . After a moment's hesitation , St. Aubert again stopped the carriage , and waited till he came up , that they might enquire concerning the hamlet they were in search of . The stranger informed him , that it was only half a league ...
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... steps were feeble , and Valancourt offered him his arm , which he accepted . The moon now threw a faint light over their path , and , soon after , enabled them to distinguish some towers rising above the tops of the woods . Still ...
... steps were feeble , and Valancourt offered him his arm , which he accepted . The moon now threw a faint light over their path , and , soon after , enabled them to distinguish some towers rising above the tops of the woods . Still ...
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... steps pass along the gallery , into which her chamber opened . She was so little accustomed to the manners of a convent , as to be alarmed by this circumstance ; her fears , ever alive for her father , suggested that he was very ill ...
... steps pass along the gallery , into which her chamber opened . She was so little accustomed to the manners of a convent , as to be alarmed by this circumstance ; her fears , ever alive for her father , suggested that he was very ill ...
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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