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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... dark mirror of the waters ; that hour , which , of all oth- ers , inspires the mind with pensive tenderness , and often elevates it to sublime contemplation . When the moon shed her soft rays among the foliage , he still lingered , and ...
... dark mirror of the waters ; that hour , which , of all oth- ers , inspires the mind with pensive tenderness , and often elevates it to sublime contemplation . When the moon shed her soft rays among the foliage , he still lingered , and ...
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... dark cypress , or waving ash . Emerging from the deep recesses of the woods , the glade opened to the distant landscape , where the rich pastures and vine - covered slopes of Gascony gradually declined to the plains ; and there , on the ...
... dark cypress , or waving ash . Emerging from the deep recesses of the woods , the glade opened to the distant landscape , where the rich pastures and vine - covered slopes of Gascony gradually declined to the plains ; and there , on the ...
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... he was there . The room was dark , but a light glimmered through some panes of glass that were placed in the upper part of a closet - door . Emily believed her father to be in the closet , and , The Mysteries of Udolpho 25.
... he was there . The room was dark , but a light glimmered through some panes of glass that were placed in the upper part of a closet - door . Emily believed her father to be in the closet , and , The Mysteries of Udolpho 25.
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... darkness of the pines below . This was a spot well suited for rest , and the travellers alighted to dine , while the mules were unharnessed to browse on the savoury herbs that enriched this summit . It was some time before St. Aubert or ...
... darkness of the pines below . This was a spot well suited for rest , and the travellers alighted to dine , while the mules were unharnessed to browse on the savoury herbs that enriched this summit . It was some time before St. Aubert or ...
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... darkness , and in storm he found delight ; Nor less than when on ocean - wave serene The southern sun diffus'd his dazzling sheen . Even sad vicissitude amus'd his soul ; And if a sigh would sometimes intervene , And down his cheek a ...
... darkness , and in storm he found delight ; Nor less than when on ocean - wave serene The southern sun diffus'd his dazzling sheen . Even sad vicissitude amus'd his soul ; And if a sigh would sometimes intervene , And down his cheek a ...
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