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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... waves and the lofty mountains of Friuli , which skirt the northern shores of the Adriatic , with a saffron glow , while on the marble porticos and colonnades of St. Mark were thrown the rich lights and shades of evening . As they glided ...
... waves and the lofty mountains of Friuli , which skirt the northern shores of the Adriatic , with a saffron glow , while on the marble porticos and colonnades of St. Mark were thrown the rich lights and shades of evening . As they glided ...
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... margin of the Garonne , and to listen to the music that floated on its waves . He had known life in other forms than those of pastoral simplicity , having mingled in the gay and in the busy scenes of the world; but the attering portrait.
... margin of the Garonne , and to listen to the music that floated on its waves . He had known life in other forms than those of pastoral simplicity , having mingled in the gay and in the busy scenes of the world; but the attering portrait.
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... waves he had floated , and the distant plains , which seemed boundless as his early hopes - were never after remembered by St. Aubert but with enthusiasm and regret . At length he disengaged himself from the world , and retired hither ...
... waves he had floated , and the distant plains , which seemed boundless as his early hopes - were never after remembered by St. Aubert but with enthusiasm and regret . At length he disengaged himself from the world , and retired hither ...
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... waves , over which they trembled . It was in one of her excursions to this spot , that she observed the following lines written with a pencil on a part of the wainscot : SONNET * Go , pencil ! faithful to thy master's sighs !
... waves , over which they trembled . It was in one of her excursions to this spot , that she observed the following lines written with a pencil on a part of the wainscot : SONNET * Go , pencil ! faithful to thy master's sighs !
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... wave her fairy wand , And to me the dance will cease , and the music all be mute . O ! had I but that purple flow'r whose leaves her charms can foil , And knew like fays to draw the juice , and throw it on the wind , I'd be her slave no ...
... wave her fairy wand , And to me the dance will cease , and the music all be mute . O ! had I but that purple flow'r whose leaves her charms can foil , And knew like fays to draw the juice , and throw it on the wind , I'd be her slave no ...
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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