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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... 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 because they were congenial to her taste ...
... 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 because they were congenial to her taste ...
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... called it , and describing , from a wish , probably , of exciting envy , the splendour of the balls , banquets , and processions which had just been given by the court , in honour of the nuptials of the Duke de Joyeuse with Margaretta ...
... called it , and describing , from a wish , probably , of exciting envy , the splendour of the balls , banquets , and processions which had just been given by the court , in honour of the nuptials of the Duke de Joyeuse with Margaretta ...
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... called forth by the arrival of her guests had suspended , now returned with increased effect . On the following day , symptoms of fever appeared , and St. Aubert , having sent for medical advice , learned , that her disorder was a fever ...
... called forth by the arrival of her guests had suspended , now returned with increased effect . On the following day , symptoms of fever appeared , and St. Aubert , having sent for medical advice , learned , that her disorder was a fever ...
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... called up , till the succession closed with the picture of his dying wife , and he started away , to forget it , if possible , at the social board . St. Aubert ordered his carriage at an early hour , and Emily observed , that he was ...
... called up , till the succession closed with the picture of his dying wife , and he started away , to forget it , if possible , at the social board . St. Aubert ordered his carriage at an early hour , and Emily observed , that he was ...
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... called to the muleteer , who sat at a little distance , con- cerning a road among the mountains towards Rousillon . Michael said , there were several that way , but he did not know how far they extended , or even whether they were ...
... called to the muleteer , who sat at a little distance , con- cerning a road among the mountains towards Rousillon . Michael said , there were several that way , but he did not know how far they extended , or even whether they were ...
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