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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... countenance , as 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 ...
... countenance , as 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 ...
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... countenance com- posed by an endeavour which did but increase his grief . Never had Emily felt the importance of the lessons , which had taught her to restrain her sensibility , so much as in these moments , and never had she practised ...
... countenance com- posed by an endeavour which did but increase his grief . Never had Emily felt the importance of the lessons , which had taught her to restrain her sensibility , so much as in these moments , and never had she practised ...
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... countenance , and supe- rior in insinuation of manner . Emily was shocked by the salutation with which Madame Cheron met her father- " Dear brother , " said she , " I am concerned to see you look so very ill ; do , pray , have advice ...
... countenance , and supe- rior in insinuation of manner . Emily was shocked by the salutation with which Madame Cheron met her father- " Dear brother , " said she , " I am concerned to see you look so very ill ; do , pray , have advice ...
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... countenance . Emily was hastily retiring ; but she saw him turn again to the papers , and she stopped . He took from among them a small case , and from thence a miniature picture . The rays of light fell strongly upon it , and she per ...
... countenance . Emily was hastily retiring ; but she saw him turn again to the papers , and she stopped . He took from among them a small case , and from thence a miniature picture . The rays of light fell strongly upon it , and she per ...
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... countenance had recovered its usual seren- ity ; he took Emily's hand , pressed it affectionately , without speaking , and soon after called to the muleteer , who sat at a little distance , con- cerning a road among the mountains ...
... countenance had recovered its usual seren- ity ; he took Emily's hand , pressed it affectionately , without speaking , and soon after called to the muleteer , who sat at a little distance , con- cerning a road among the mountains ...
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