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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... heads , stirred by the evening breeze , gave the only sounds , that stole on silence , except a faint , faint chorus of distant voices , that arose from within the castle . -from Chapter XII PAGE 3 150 316 473 VOLUME 1 CHAPTER I home.
... heads , stirred by the evening breeze , gave the only sounds , that stole on silence , except a faint , faint chorus of distant voices , that arose from within the castle . -from Chapter XII PAGE 3 150 316 473 VOLUME 1 CHAPTER I home.
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... distant landscape , where the Garonne wandered . The peasants of this gay climate were often seen on an evening , when the day's labour was done , dancing in groups on the margin of the river . Their sprightly melodies , debonnaire ...
... distant landscape , where the Garonne wandered . The peasants of this gay climate were often seen on an evening , when the day's labour was done , dancing in groups on the margin of the river . Their sprightly melodies , debonnaire ...
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... distant landscape , till the shadows of twilight melted its various features into one tint of sober grey . Here , too , he loved to read , and to converse with Madame St. Aubert ; or to play with his children , resigning himself to the ...
... distant landscape , till the shadows of twilight melted its various features into one tint of sober grey . Here , too , he loved to read , and to converse with Madame St. Aubert ; or to play with his children , resigning himself to the ...
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... distant bark of a watch - dog , were all that broke on the stillness of the evening . Then , the gloom of the woods ; the trembling of their leaves , at intervals , in the breeze ; the bat , flitting on the twilight ; the cottage ...
... distant bark of a watch - dog , were all that broke on the stillness of the evening . Then , the gloom of the woods ; the trembling of their leaves , at intervals , in the breeze ; the bat , flitting on the twilight ; the cottage ...
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... distant from La Vallée , and which Monsieur Quesnel had purchased several years before of St. Aubert . This gentleman was the only brother of Madame St. Aubert ; but the ties of relationship having never been strengthened by ...
... distant from La Vallée , and which Monsieur Quesnel had purchased several years before of St. Aubert . This gentleman was the only brother of Madame St. Aubert ; but the ties of relationship having never been strengthened by ...
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