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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... expected , felt a mixed 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 ...
... expected , felt a mixed 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 ...
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... expected to see banditti start from behind some projecting rock , and he kept his hand upon the arms with which he always travelled . As they advanced , the valley opened ; its savage features gradually softened , and , towards evening ...
... expected to see banditti start from behind some projecting rock , and he kept his hand upon the arms with which he always travelled . As they advanced , the valley opened ; its savage features gradually softened , and , towards evening ...
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... expected , was compelled to return , and converse with Valancourt alone . They talked of the character of the scenes they had passed , of the natural history of the country , of poetry , and of St. Aubert ; a subject on which Emily ...
... expected , was compelled to return , and converse with Valancourt alone . They talked of the character of the scenes they had passed , of the natural history of the country , of poetry , and of St. Aubert ; a subject on which Emily ...
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... Emily , as she looked down upon it , almost expected to see them stealing out from some hollow cave to look for their prey . Soon after an object not less terrific struck her , -a gibbet standing a gibbet The Mysteries of Udolpho 51.
... Emily , as she looked down upon it , almost expected to see them stealing out from some hollow cave to look for their prey . Soon after an object not less terrific struck her , -a gibbet standing a gibbet The Mysteries of Udolpho 51.
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... expected let- ters from M. Quesnel ; and it was the expectation of these letters , that had induced him to leave Colioure , for his feeble frame had required immediate rest . After travelling a few miles , he fell asleep ; and Emily ...
... expected let- ters from M. Quesnel ; and it was the expectation of these letters , that had induced him to leave Colioure , for his feeble frame had required immediate rest . After travelling a few miles , he fell asleep ; and Emily ...
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