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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... happiness , to the attainment of wealth . After the death of his father he married a very amiable woman , his equal in birth , and not his superior in fortune . The late Monsieur St. Aubert's liberality , or extravagance , had so much ...
... happiness , to the attainment of wealth . After the death of his father he married a very amiable woman , his equal in birth , and not his superior in fortune . The late Monsieur St. Aubert's liberality , or extravagance , had so much ...
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... happiness beyond what it experienced . The consciousness of acting right diffused a serenity over his manners , which nothing else could impart to a man of moral perceptions like his , and which refined his sense of every surrounding ...
... happiness beyond what it experienced . The consciousness of acting right diffused a serenity over his manners , which nothing else could impart to a man of moral perceptions like his , and which refined his sense of every surrounding ...
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... happiness . She had discovered in her early years uncommon delicacy of mind , warm affections , and ready benevolence ; but with these was observable a degree of susceptibility too exquisite to admit of lasting peace . As she advanced ...
... happiness . She had discovered in her early years uncommon delicacy of mind , warm affections , and ready benevolence ; but with these was observable a degree of susceptibility too exquisite to admit of lasting peace . As she advanced ...
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... happiness once more smiled beneath these shades . Monsieur St. Aubert conversed with unusual cheerfulness ; every object delighted his senses . The refreshing pleasure from the first view of nature , after the pain of illness , and the ...
... happiness once more smiled beneath these shades . Monsieur St. Aubert conversed with unusual cheerfulness ; every object delighted his senses . The refreshing pleasure from the first view of nature , after the pain of illness , and the ...
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... happiness , with hopeless regret . But let me not misuse them by useless anticipation ; let me hope I shall not live to mourn the loss of those who are dearer to me than life . " To relieve , or perhaps to indulge , the pensive temper ...
... happiness , with hopeless regret . But let me not misuse them by useless anticipation ; let me hope I shall not live to mourn the loss of those who are dearer to me than life . " To relieve , or perhaps to indulge , the pensive temper ...
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