The Mysteries of Udolpho: A Romance Interspersed with Some Pieces of PoetryCosimo, Inc., 01/11/2008 - 672 من الصفحات Sir Walter Scott esteemed her "the first poetess of romantic fiction." Jane Austen borrowed prodigiously from her-and sent up the steamy overwroughtness of her writing-in Northanger Abbey. British author ANN RADCLIFFE (1764-1823) pioneered the Gothic romance as popular fiction with her 1789 debut novel, The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne, and went on to wild success with further works of demure heroines lost in the perils of supernatural melodrama. In this 1794 thriller, perhaps the quintessential example of the genre and Radcliffe's most popular work, the young and beautiful orphan Emily St. Aubert is imprisoned at sinister Castle Udolpho, and suffers frustrated romance and the hauntings of ghosts. A vital example of early horror and later a profound influence on pulp fiction, this is essential reading for both fans of the genre and those interested in its psychological and thematic development. |
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... Aubert . From its windows were seen the pastoral landscapes of Guienne and Gascony , stretching along the river , gay with luxuriant woods and vines , and plantations of olives . To the south , the view was bounded by the majes- tic ...
... Aubert . From its windows were seen the pastoral landscapes of Guienne and Gascony , stretching along the river , gay with luxuriant woods and vines , and plantations of olives . To the south , the view was bounded by the majes- tic ...
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... Aubert had too nice a sense of honour to fulfil the latter hope , and too small a portion of ambition to sacrifice what he called happiness , to the attainment of wealth . After the death of his father he married a very amiable woman ...
... Aubert had too nice a sense of honour to fulfil the latter hope , and too small a portion of ambition to sacrifice what he called happiness , to the attainment of wealth . After the death of his father he married a very amiable woman ...
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... Aubert was the study of botany , and among the neighbouring mountains , which afforded a luxurious feast to the mind of the natu- ralist , he often passed the day in the pursuit of his favourite science . He was sometimes accompanied in ...
... Aubert was the study of botany , and among the neighbouring mountains , which afforded a luxurious feast to the mind of the natu- ralist , he often passed the day in the pursuit of his favourite science . He was sometimes accompanied in ...
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... Aubert had made very tasteful improvements ; yet , such was his attachment to objects he had remem- bered from his boyish days , that he had in some instances sacrificed taste to sentiment . There were two old larches that shaded the ...
... Aubert had made very tasteful improvements ; yet , such was his attachment to objects he had remem- bered from his boyish days , that he had in some instances sacrificed taste to sentiment . There were two old larches that shaded the ...
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... Aubert had too much good sense to prefer a charm to a virtue ; and had penetration enough to see , that this charm was too dangerous to its possessor to be allowed the character of a blessing . He endeavoured , therefore , to strengthen ...
... Aubert had too much good sense to prefer a charm to a virtue ; and had penetration enough to see , that this charm was too dangerous to its possessor to be allowed the character of a blessing . He endeavoured , therefore , to strengthen ...
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