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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... distance , melted from the eye into one rich harmonious tint . This , too , was the favourite retreat of St. Aubert , to which he fre- quently withdrew from the fervour of noon , with his wife , his daughter , and his books ; or came at ...
... distance , melted from the eye into one rich harmonious tint . This , too , was the favourite retreat of St. Aubert , to which he fre- quently withdrew from the fervour of noon , with his wife , his daughter , and his books ; or came at ...
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... distance blended his home with the general landscape , and St. Aubert seemed to Drag at each remove a lengthening chain . He and Emily continued sunk in musing silence for some leagues , from which melancholy reverie Emily first awoke ...
... distance blended his home with the general landscape , and St. Aubert seemed to Drag at each remove a lengthening chain . He and Emily continued sunk in musing silence for some leagues , from which melancholy reverie Emily first awoke ...
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... distance , con- cerning a road among the mountains towards Rousillon . Michael said , there were several that way , but he did not know how far they extended , or even whether they were passable ; and St. Aubert , who did not intend to ...
... distance , con- cerning a road among the mountains towards Rousillon . Michael said , there were several that way , but he did not know how far they extended , or even whether they were passable ; and St. Aubert , who did not intend to ...
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... distance to the hamlet he had mentioned , but the man could not with certainty tell ; and Emily began to fear that he had mis- taken the road . Here was no human being to assist , or direct them ; they had left the shepherd and his ...
... distance to the hamlet he had mentioned , but the man could not with certainty tell ; and Emily began to fear that he had mis- taken the road . Here was no human being to assist , or direct them ; they had left the shepherd and his ...
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... distance like a bright cloud in the air . “ What light is yonder , sir ? " said she . St. Aubert looked , and perceived that it was the snowy summit of a mountain , so much higher than any around it , that it still reflected the sun's ...
... distance like a bright cloud in the air . “ What light is yonder , sir ? " said she . St. Aubert looked , and perceived that it was the snowy summit of a mountain , so much higher than any around it , that it still reflected the sun's ...
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