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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... considered as marks of a weak intellect , and of confined views . The marriage of his sister with St. Aubert had been mortifying to his ambition , for he had designed that the matrimonial connection she formed should assist him to ...
... considered as marks of a weak intellect , and of confined views . The marriage of his sister with St. Aubert had been mortifying to his ambition , for he had designed that the matrimonial connection she formed should assist him to ...
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... considered that , if St. Aubert wished her to be acquainted with the subject of his concern , he would not wait for her enquiries . On the following day , before M. Quesnel departed , he had a second conference with St. Aubert . The ...
... considered that , if St. Aubert wished her to be acquainted with the subject of his concern , he would not wait for her enquiries . On the following day , before M. Quesnel departed , he had a second conference with St. Aubert . The ...
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... considered to be consolation . Emily wept unceasingly while she spoke ; St. Aubert was tranquil , listened to what she said in silence , and then turned the discourse upon another subject . At parting she pressed him and her niece to ...
... considered to be consolation . Emily wept unceasingly while she spoke ; St. Aubert was tranquil , listened to what she said in silence , and then turned the discourse upon another subject . At parting she pressed him and her niece to ...
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... considered that a time might come when the enmity of her uncle would be prejudicial to her , he deter- mined not to incur it himself , by conduct which would be resented as indecorous , by the very persons who now showed so little sense ...
... considered that a time might come when the enmity of her uncle would be prejudicial to her , he deter- mined not to incur it himself , by conduct which would be resented as indecorous , by the very persons who now showed so little sense ...
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... considered this to be the effect of his visit to a place which spoke so eloquently of former times , nor suspected that he had a cause of grief which he concealed from her . On entering the chateau she felt more depressed than ever ...
... considered this to be the effect of his visit to a place which spoke so eloquently of former times , nor suspected that he had a cause of grief which he concealed from her . On entering the chateau she felt more depressed than ever ...
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