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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... father's household , " said St. Aubert , grieved that the old mansion was to be thus improved , " and that was not a small one . " " Our notions are somewhat enlarged since those days , " said M. Quesnel ; - " what was then thought a ...
... father's household , " said St. Aubert , grieved that the old mansion was to be thus improved , " and that was not a small one . " " Our notions are somewhat enlarged since those days , " said M. Quesnel ; - " what was then thought a ...
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... father : " Dear sir , ” said she , and her voice trembled ; she would have added , " I will shew myself wor- thy of being your daughter ; " but a mingled emotion of gratitude , affec- tion , and grief overcame her . St. Aubert suffered ...
... father : " Dear sir , ” said she , and her voice trembled ; she would have added , " I will shew myself wor- thy of being your daughter ; " but a mingled emotion of gratitude , affec- tion , and grief overcame her . St. Aubert suffered ...
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... father- " Dear brother , " said she , " I am concerned to see you look so very ill ; do , pray , have advice ! " St. Aubert answered , with a melancholy smile , that he felt himself much as usual ; but Emily's fears made her now fancy ...
... father- " Dear brother , " said she , " I am concerned to see you look so very ill ; do , pray , have advice ! " St. Aubert answered , with a melancholy smile , that he felt himself much as usual ; but Emily's fears made her now fancy ...
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... father's wishes by questions or remonstrances , or she would now have asked why he did not take a ser- vant , and have represented that his infirm health made one almost nec- essary . But when , on the eve of their departure , she found ...
... father's wishes by questions or remonstrances , or she would now have asked why he did not take a ser- vant , and have represented that his infirm health made one almost nec- essary . But when , on the eve of their departure , she found ...
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... father was ill , was now detained there by a mixture of curiosity and tenderness . She could not witness his sorrow , without being anxious to know the sub- ject of it ; and she therefore continued to observe him in silence , con ...
... father was ill , was now detained there by a mixture of curiosity and tenderness . She could not witness his sorrow , without being anxious to know the sub- ject of it ; and she therefore continued to observe him in silence , con ...
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