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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... conversation awakened the nicer emotions of her mind , that threw such a captivating grace around her : Those tend'rer tints , that shun the careless And , in the world's contagious circle , die . eye , St. Aubert cultivated her ...
... conversation awakened the nicer emotions of her mind , that threw such a captivating grace around her : Those tend'rer tints , that shun the careless And , in the world's contagious circle , die . eye , St. Aubert cultivated her ...
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... conversation detained them in this enchanting spot , till the sun's last light slept upon the plains ; till the white sails that glided beneath the mountains , where the Garonne wandered , became dim , and the gloom of evening stole ...
... conversation detained them in this enchanting spot , till the sun's last light slept upon the plains ; till the white sails that glided beneath the mountains , where the Garonne wandered , became dim , and the gloom of evening stole ...
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... conversation was not known ; but , whatever it might be , St. Aubert , when he returned to the supper - room , seemed much disturbed , and a shade of sorrow some- times fell upon his features that alarmed Madame St. Aubert . When they ...
... conversation was not known ; but , whatever it might be , St. Aubert , when he returned to the supper - room , seemed much disturbed , and a shade of sorrow some- times fell upon his features that alarmed Madame St. Aubert . When they ...
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... conversation , St. Aubert requested to speak with him alone ; and Emily , being left with Madame Quesnel , soon learned that a large party was invited to dine at the chateau , and was compelled to hear that nothing which was past and ...
... conversation , St. Aubert requested to speak with him alone ; and Emily , being left with Madame Quesnel , soon learned that a large party was invited to dine at the chateau , and was compelled to hear that nothing which was past and ...
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... conversation that passed during dinner , which was served in a style of splendour she had seldom seen before , had her spirits been less oppressed . Of the guests , Signor Montoni was lately come from Italy , and he spoke of the ...
... conversation that passed during dinner , which was served in a style of splendour she had seldom seen before , had her spirits been less oppressed . Of the guests , Signor Montoni was lately come from Italy , and he spoke of the ...
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