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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... gloom of twilight sat deep on the surrounding objects , blending in soft confusion the valley , the mountains , and the woods , whose tall heads , stirred by the evening breeze , gave the only sounds , that stole on silence , except a ...
... gloom of twilight sat deep on the surrounding objects , blending in soft confusion the valley , the mountains , and the woods , whose tall heads , stirred by the evening breeze , gave the only sounds , that stole on silence , except a ...
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... gloom of the woods ; the trembling of their leaves , at intervals , in the breeze ; the bat , flitting on the twilight ; the cottage - lights , now seen , and now lost - were circum- stances that awakened her mind into effort , and led ...
... gloom of the woods ; the trembling of their leaves , at intervals , in the breeze ; the bat , flitting on the twilight ; the cottage - lights , now seen , and now lost - were circum- stances that awakened her mind into effort , and led ...
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... gloom of evening , and the profound stillness of the place , interrupted only by the light trembling of leaves , heightened her fanciful apprehensions , and she was desirous of quitting the building , but perceived herself grow faint ...
... gloom of evening , and the profound stillness of the place , interrupted only by the light trembling of leaves , heightened her fanciful apprehensions , and she was desirous of quitting the building , but perceived herself grow faint ...
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... gloom of evening stole over the landscape . It was a melancholy but not unpleasing gloom . St. Aubert and his family rose , and left the place with regret ; alas ! Madame St. Aubert knew not that she left it for ever . When they reached ...
... gloom of evening stole over the landscape . It was a melancholy but not unpleasing gloom . St. Aubert and his family rose , and left the place with regret ; alas ! Madame St. Aubert knew not that she left it for ever . When they reached ...
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... gloom of woods was always delightful to me , ” said St. Aubert , whose mind now experienced the sweet calm , which results from the consciousness of having done a beneficent action , and which disposes it to receive pleasure from every ...
... gloom of woods was always delightful to me , ” said St. Aubert , whose mind now experienced the sweet calm , which results from the consciousness of having done a beneficent action , and which disposes it to receive pleasure from every ...
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