The Mysteries of UdolphoCourier Corporation, 05/03/2014 - 624 من الصفحات Stranded in a gloomy medieval fortress, an orphaned heroine battles the devious schemes of her guardians as well as her own pensive visions and melancholy fancies. Generations of readers have thrilled to The Mysteries of Udolpho, one of the most popular of the early Gothic novels, and considered a landmark in the realm of psychological fiction. Set in 1584, the tale unfolds amid the secret chambers of a chateau in southern France and a castle in the remote Apennines, populated by pirates, brigands, ghosts, and specters. Emily St. Aubert, imprisoned by her rapacious guardian Count Montoni and his sadistic wife, struggles to reconcile her father’s teachings of reserve and moderation with her own reckless passions. Emily’s attempts to control her emotions and resolve her suspicions and self-doubts offer a haunting and hypnotic pre-Freudian exploration of the psyche. Sir Walter Scott proclaimed author Ann Radcliffe “the first poetess of romantic fiction,” and this thriller became a bestseller upon its 1794 publication. The novel exercised a powerful influence on the Marquis de Sade, Edgar Allan Poe, and other mystery writers. It achieved further renown with a satirical treatment in Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey, in which an impressionable young character is profoundly affected by the dungeons and crypts of Castle Udolpho and their scenes of bloodshed, mayhem, and terror. The Mysteries of Udolpho continues to enchant modern readers with the fairy-tale elements of its suspenseful plot and its dreamlike, surrealistic portrayals of human consciousness. |
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... La Voisin, quitted the room, but soon returned with fruits, cream, and all the pastoral luxury his cottage afforded; having set down which, with a smile of unfeigned welcome, he retired behind the chair of his guest. St. Aubert insisted ...
... La Voisin, quitted the room, but soon returned with fruits, cream, and all the pastoral luxury his cottage afforded; having set down which, with a smile of unfeigned welcome, he retired behind the chair of his guest. St. Aubert insisted ...
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... La Voisin wept too, and there was a pause of silence. Then, La Voisin, renewing the subject, said, “But you believe, sir, that we shall meet in another world the relations we have loved in this; I must believe this.” “Then do believe it ...
... La Voisin wept too, and there was a pause of silence. Then, La Voisin, renewing the subject, said, “But you believe, sir, that we shall meet in another world the relations we have loved in this; I must believe this.” “Then do believe it ...
الصفحة 65
... La Voisin, emphatically. “Ah!” said St. Aubert, with a deep sigh, “are we then so near LeBlanc!” He appeared much agitated. “It used to be the Marquis's favourite residence,” resumed La Voisin, “but he took a dislike to the place, and ...
... La Voisin, emphatically. “Ah!” said St. Aubert, with a deep sigh, “are we then so near LeBlanc!” He appeared much agitated. “It used to be the Marquis's favourite residence,” resumed La Voisin, “but he took a dislike to the place, and ...
الصفحة 66
... La Voisin; “but my lord resides at Paris chiefly; I hear no talk of his coming hither.” “The chateau is shut up then, still?” “Why, little better, sir; the old housekeeper, and her husband the steward, have the care of it, but they live ...
... La Voisin; “but my lord resides at Paris chiefly; I hear no talk of his coming hither.” “The chateau is shut up then, still?” “Why, little better, sir; the old housekeeper, and her husband the steward, have the care of it, but they live ...
الصفحة 67
... La Voisin, and they were again silent. After a long pause, “It is now about eighteen years since I first heard that music,” said La Voisin; “I remember it was on a fine summer's night, much like this, but later, that I was walking in ...
... La Voisin, and they were again silent. After a long pause, “It is now about eighteen years since I first heard that music,” said La Voisin; “I remember it was on a fine summer's night, much like this, but later, that I was walking in ...
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