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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... Languedoc were lost in the mist of dis- tance ; on the west , Gascony was bounded by the waters of Biscay . M. St. Aubert loved to wander , with his wife and daughter , on the margin of the Garonne , and to listen to the music that ...
... Languedoc were lost in the mist of dis- tance ; on the west , Gascony was bounded by the waters of Biscay . M. St. Aubert loved to wander , with his wife and daughter , on the margin of the Garonne , and to listen to the music that ...
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... Languedoc , was a room , which Emily called hers , and which contained her books , her drawings , her musical instruments , with some favourite birds and plants . Here she usually exercised herself in elegant arts , cultivated only ...
... Languedoc , was a room , which Emily called hers , and which contained her books , her drawings , her musical instruments , with some favourite birds and plants . Here she usually exercised herself in elegant arts , cultivated only ...
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... Languedoc and Provence ; and St. Aubert determined , therefore , to travel leisurely along the shores of the Mediterranean , towards Provence . They retired early to their chamber on the night before their depar- ture ; but Emily had a ...
... Languedoc and Provence ; and St. Aubert determined , therefore , to travel leisurely along the shores of the Mediterranean , towards Provence . They retired early to their chamber on the night before their depar- ture ; but Emily had a ...
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... Languedoc , chose one that , winding over the heights , afforded more extensive views and greater variety of romantic scenery . He turned a little out of his way to take leave of M. Barreaux , whom he found botanizing in the wood near ...
... Languedoc , chose one that , winding over the heights , afforded more extensive views and greater variety of romantic scenery . He turned a little out of his way to take leave of M. Barreaux , whom he found botanizing in the wood near ...
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... Languedoc . Soon after mid - day , they reached the summit of one of those cliffs , which , bright with the verdure of palm trees , adorn , like gems , the tremendous walls of the rocks , and which overlooked the greater part of Gascony ...
... Languedoc . Soon after mid - day , they reached the summit of one of those cliffs , which , bright with the verdure of palm trees , adorn , like gems , the tremendous walls of the rocks , and which overlooked the greater part of Gascony ...
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