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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... believe it was another instrument she had heard , till she remembered , that , when she followed M. and Madame St. Aubert from this spot , her lute was left on a window seat . She felt alarmed , yet knew not wherefore ; the melancholy ...
... believe it was another instrument she had heard , till she remembered , that , when she followed M. and Madame St. Aubert from this spot , her lute was left on a window seat . She felt alarmed , yet knew not wherefore ; the melancholy ...
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... believe what she saw to be real . She never knew till now that he had a picture of any other lady than her mother , much less that he had one which he evidently valued so highly ; but having looked repeatedly , to be certain that it was ...
... believe what she saw to be real . She never knew till now that he had a picture of any other lady than her mother , much less that he had one which he evidently valued so highly ; but having looked repeatedly , to be certain that it was ...
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... believe me , when I say , that I shall look for your return with impa- tience . " The travellers proceeded on their journey . As they ascended the heights , St. Aubert often looked back upon the chateau , in the plain below ; tender ...
... believe me , when I say , that I shall look for your return with impa- tience . " The travellers proceeded on their journey . As they ascended the heights , St. Aubert often looked back upon the chateau , in the plain below ; tender ...
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... believe they understood me , for they never did so again . " He concluded this eloquent harangue with protesting , that they should share with him , go where he would . The dispute was at length settled by Valancourt , who drew the host ...
... believe they understood me , for they never did so again . " He concluded this eloquent harangue with protesting , that they should share with him , go where he would . The dispute was at length settled by Valancourt , who drew the host ...
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... believe her story ; and Valancourt , convinced that it was true , asked eagerly what was the value of the stolen sheep ; on hearing which he turned away with a look of disappointment . St. Aubert put some money into her hand , Emily too ...
... believe her story ; and Valancourt , convinced that it was true , asked eagerly what was the value of the stolen sheep ; on hearing which he turned away with a look of disappointment . St. Aubert put some money into her hand , Emily too ...
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