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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... Gascony , stood , in the year 1584 , the chateau of Monsieur St. 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 ...
... Gascony , stood , in the year 1584 , the chateau of Monsieur St. 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 ...
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... Gascony , where con- jugal felicity , and parental duties , divided his attention with the trea- sures of knowledge and the illuminations of genius . To this spot he had been attached from his infancy . He had often made excursions to ...
... Gascony , where con- jugal felicity , and parental duties , divided his attention with the trea- sures of knowledge and the illuminations of genius . To this spot he had been attached from his infancy . He had often made excursions to ...
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... Gascony gradually declined to the plains ; and there , on the winding shores of the Garonne , groves , and hamlets , and villas - their outlines softened by distance , melted from the eye into one rich harmonious tint . This , too , was ...
... Gascony gradually declined to the plains ; and there , on the winding shores of the Garonne , groves , and hamlets , and villas - their outlines softened by distance , melted from the eye into one rich harmonious tint . This , too , was ...
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... Gascony , they seated themselves on the turf ; and while their eyes wandered over the glorious scene , and they inhaled the sweet breath of flowers and herbs that enriched the grass , Emily played and sung several of their favourite ...
... Gascony , they seated themselves on the turf ; and while their eyes wandered over the glorious scene , and they inhaled the sweet breath of flowers and herbs that enriched the grass , Emily played and sung several of their favourite ...
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... Gascony , and part of Languedoc . Here was shade , and the fresh water of a spring , that , gliding among the turf , under the trees , thence precipitated itself from rock to rock , till its dashing murmurs were lost in the abyss ...
... Gascony , and part of Languedoc . Here was shade , and the fresh water of a spring , that , gliding among the turf , under the trees , thence precipitated itself from rock to rock , till its dashing murmurs were lost in the abyss ...
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