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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... chateau , which , having a southern aspect , opened upon the grandeur of the mountains , was occupied on the ground floor by a rustic hall , and two excellent sitting rooms . The first floor , for the cottage had no second story , was ...
... chateau , which , having a southern aspect , opened upon the grandeur of the mountains , was occupied on the ground floor by a rustic hall , and two excellent sitting rooms . The first floor , for the cottage had no second story , was ...
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... chateau , a landau , with smoking horses , appeared on the little lawn before it . St. Aubert perceived the liveries of his brother - in - law , and in the parlour he found Monsieur and Madame Quesnel already entered . They had left ...
... chateau , a landau , with smoking horses , appeared on the little lawn before it . St. Aubert perceived the liveries of his brother - in - law , and in the parlour he found Monsieur and Madame Quesnel already entered . They had left ...
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... chateau , and raise upon the site a set of stables . " Then I shall build , " said he , " a salle à manger , a salon , a salle au commune , and a number of rooms for ser- vants ; for at present there is not accommodation for a third ...
... chateau , and raise upon the site a set of stables . " Then I shall build , " said he , " a salle à manger , a salon , a salle au commune , and a number of rooms for ser- vants ; for at present there is not accommodation for a third ...
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... chateau , where his wife had retired to her chamber . The languor and dejection , that had lately oppressed her , and which the exertion called forth by the arrival of her guests had suspended , now returned with increased effect . On ...
... chateau , where his wife had retired to her chamber . The languor and dejection , that had lately oppressed her , and which the exertion called forth by the arrival of her guests had suspended , now returned with increased effect . On ...
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... chateau , on the skirts of the woods , near La Vallée . He also had been disappointed in his opinion of mankind ; but he did not , like St. Aubert , pity and mourn for them ; he felt more indignation at their vices , than compassion for ...
... chateau , on the skirts of the woods , near La Vallée . He also had been disappointed in his opinion of mankind ; but he did not , like St. Aubert , pity and mourn for them ; he felt more indignation at their vices , than compassion for ...
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abbess affected alarmed Annette apartment Apennines appeared Aubert aunt awakened Barnardine believe casement castle Cavigni cerning chamber chateau circumstances conversation cottage Count Morano countenance dark dear distance door Dorothée Du Pont Emily's emotion endeavoured enquired exclaimed eyes faint fancy father fear Foix Garonne Gascony gazed gloom grief happiness hear heard heart hope hour knew La Voisin Languedoc late leave length light listened looked Ludovico lute ma'amselle Madame Cheron Madame Montoni Marchioness melan melancholy mind mountains never night observed opened passed paused perceived person Pont Pyrenées Quesnel rampart recollected remember retired returned Rousillon scarcely scene seemed seen servants shade shew sigh Signor silent smile solemn soon soothe sound spirits spoke stair-case steps stranger suffered sunk surprise tears tell tenderness terrace terror Theresa Tholouse thought trembling Tuscany Udolpho Valancourt Vallée Venice Verezzi Villefort voice watch waves whither wish woods