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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... emotion ; but she could only smile , clasp his hand , and that of Emily , and weep the more . He felt the tender enthu- siasm stealing upon himself in a degree that became almost painful ; his features assumed a serious air , and he ...
... emotion ; but she could only smile , clasp his hand , and that of Emily , and weep the more . He felt the tender enthu- siasm stealing upon himself in a degree that became almost painful ; his features assumed a serious air , and he ...
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... emotion , or which merely display the selfish ostentation of a false philosophy . I will shew my Emily , that I can prac- tise what I advise . I have said thus much , because I cannot bear to see you wasting in useless sorrow , for want ...
... emotion , or which merely display the selfish ostentation of a false philosophy . I will shew my Emily , that I can prac- tise what I advise . I have said thus much , because I cannot bear to see you wasting in useless sorrow , for want ...
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... emotion of disgust and indignation against the insensibility of Quesnel , which prompted him to return home immediately . But he was informed , that Madame Cheron had been asked to meet him ; and , when he looked at Emily , and ...
... emotion of disgust and indignation against the insensibility of Quesnel , which prompted him to return home immediately . But he was informed , that Madame Cheron had been asked to meet him ; and , when he looked at Emily , and ...
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... emotion . " The letters I have just received from M. Quesnel , ” resumed he , struggling to speak with firmness , “ enclosed others from Motteville , which confirmed all I dreaded . " " Must we then quit La Vallée ? ” said Emily , after ...
... emotion . " The letters I have just received from M. Quesnel , ” resumed he , struggling to speak with firmness , “ enclosed others from Motteville , which confirmed all I dreaded . " " Must we then quit La Vallée ? ” said Emily , after ...
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... emotion , " My dear father , " said she , “ do not grieve for me , or for yourself ; we may yet be happy ; —if La Vallée remains for us , we must be happy . We will retain only one servant , and you shall scarcely perceive the change in ...
... emotion , " My dear father , " said she , “ do not grieve for me , or for yourself ; we may yet be happy ; —if La Vallée remains for us , we must be happy . We will retain only one servant , and you shall scarcely perceive the change in ...
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