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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... appeared to have softened down all the ruggedness and prejudices of his heart . St. Aubert unhappy , seemed to be the sole idea that occupied his mind . It was in manners , more than in words , that he appeared to sympathize with his ...
... appeared to have softened down all the ruggedness and prejudices of his heart . St. Aubert unhappy , seemed to be the sole idea that occupied his mind . It was in manners , more than in words , that he appeared to sympathize with his ...
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... appeared denoted the false taste and corrupted sentiments of the present owner . St. Aubert followed a gay Parisian servant to a parlour , where sat Mons . and Madame Quesnel , who received him with a stately polite- ness , and , after ...
... appeared denoted the false taste and corrupted sentiments of the present owner . St. Aubert followed a gay Parisian servant to a parlour , where sat Mons . and Madame Quesnel , who received him with a stately polite- ness , and , after ...
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... appeared , except the izard , scrambling among the rocks , and often hanging upon points so dangerous , that fancy shrunk from the view of them . This was such a scene as Salvator would have chosen , had he then existed , for his canvas ...
... appeared , except the izard , scrambling among the rocks , and often hanging upon points so dangerous , that fancy shrunk from the view of them . This was such a scene as Salvator would have chosen , had he then existed , for his canvas ...
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... appeared among the hills . As they descended , they saw at a distance , on the right , one of the grand passes of the Pyrenées into Spain , gleaming with its battlements and towers to the splendour of the setting rays , yellow tops of ...
... appeared among the hills . As they descended , they saw at a distance , on the right , one of the grand passes of the Pyrenées into Spain , gleaming with its battlements and towers to the splendour of the setting rays , yellow tops of ...
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... appeared among the mountains , covered with bright verdure and flowers ; or a pastoral valley opened its grassy bosom in the shade of the cliffs , with flocks and herds loitering along the banks of a rivulet , that refreshed it with ...
... appeared among the mountains , covered with bright verdure and flowers ; or a pastoral valley opened its grassy bosom in the shade of the cliffs , with flocks and herds loitering along the banks of a rivulet , that refreshed it with ...
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