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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... door , and receiving no answer , stepped softly in , to be certain whether 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 ...
... door , and receiving no answer , stepped softly in , to be certain whether 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 ...
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... door . But this she thought it her duty to oppose , and she felt it to be her inclination to disappoint the muleteer . Valancourt , however , was positive , and the tedious affair was at length settled . It was late when St. Aubert and ...
... door . But this she thought it her duty to oppose , and she felt it to be her inclination to disappoint the muleteer . Valancourt , however , was positive , and the tedious affair was at length settled . It was late when St. Aubert and ...
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... door several minutes after they were seated , and none of the party seemed to have courage enough to say- Farewell . At length , St. Aubert pronounced the melancholy word , which Emily passed to Valancourt , who returned it , with a ...
... door several minutes after they were seated , and none of the party seemed to have courage enough to say- Farewell . At length , St. Aubert pronounced the melancholy word , which Emily passed to Valancourt , who returned it , with a ...
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... door , without receiving an answer , he listened attentively , but all was still ; no sigh , no sob of anguish was heard . Yet more alarmed by this silence , he opened the door , and found Emily lying senseless across the foot of the ...
... door , without receiving an answer , he listened attentively , but all was still ; no sigh , no sob of anguish was heard . Yet more alarmed by this silence , he opened the door , and found Emily lying senseless across the foot of the ...
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... door , that opened into the church , and they descended together the narrow wind- ing stair - case , that led thither . The nun offered to accompany Emily to the grave , adding , " It is melancholy to go alone at this hour ; " but the ...
... door , that opened into the church , and they descended together the narrow wind- ing stair - case , that led thither . The nun offered to accompany Emily to the grave , adding , " It is melancholy to go alone at this hour ; " but the ...
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