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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... hear the tones of the instrument, which were awakened by the hand of taste, and uttered a plaintive air, whose exquisite melody engaged all her attention. She listened in profound silence, afraid to move from the spot, lest the sound of ...
... hear the tones of the instrument, which were awakened by the hand of taste, and uttered a plaintive air, whose exquisite melody engaged all her attention. She listened in profound silence, afraid to move from the spot, lest the sound of ...
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... ;—especially in so remote a country as this, where you can neither hear nor see any thing, and can in short be scarcely conscious of life.” “I live for my family and myself,” said St. Aubert;. The Mysteries of Udolpho 13.
... ;—especially in so remote a country as this, where you can neither hear nor see any thing, and can in short be scarcely conscious of life.” “I live for my family and myself,” said St. Aubert;. The Mysteries of Udolpho 13.
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... hear him talk ofbeing tempted to remain abroad, after he had mentioned his presence to be so necessary at Paris, that it was with difficulty he could steal away for a month or two; but St. Aubert understood the self-importance of the ...
... hear him talk ofbeing tempted to remain abroad, after he had mentioned his presence to be so necessary at Paris, that it was with difficulty he could steal away for a month or two; but St. Aubert understood the self-importance of the ...
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... hear what vagaries fancy has been playing in your. where At fall of eve the fairy-people throng, In various games and revelry to pass The summer night, as village stories tell.* That yester-eve I lighted them, along the dewy green, To.
... hear what vagaries fancy has been playing in your. where At fall of eve the fairy-people throng, In various games and revelry to pass The summer night, as village stories tell.* That yester-eve I lighted them, along the dewy green, To.
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Ann Radcliffe. us hear what vagaries fancy has been playing in your mind. If she has given you one of her spells, you need not envy those of the fairies.” “If it is strong enough to enchant your judgment, sir,” said Emily, “while I ...
Ann Radcliffe. us hear what vagaries fancy has been playing in your mind. If she has given you one of her spells, you need not envy those of the fairies.” “If it is strong enough to enchant your judgment, sir,” said Emily, “while I ...
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