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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... heard , and the voice of the shepherd calling his wandering flocks to the nightly fold . His cabin , partly shadowed by the cork - tree and the ilex , which St. Aubert observed to flourish in higher regions of the air than any other ...
... heard , and the voice of the shepherd calling his wandering flocks to the nightly fold . His cabin , partly shadowed by the cork - tree and the ilex , which St. Aubert observed to flourish in higher regions of the air than any other ...
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... heard a voice shouting from the road behind , and ordering the muleteer to stop . St. Aubert bade him proceed as fast as possible ; but either Michael , or his mules were obstinate , for they did not quit the old pace . Horses ' feet ...
... heard a voice shouting from the road behind , and ordering the muleteer to stop . St. Aubert bade him proceed as fast as possible ; but either Michael , or his mules were obstinate , for they did not quit the old pace . Horses ' feet ...
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... heard a dis- tant voice , calling from the way she had come , and not doubting but it was that of Michael , her first impulse was to hasten back ; but a second thought changed her purpose ; she believed that nothing less than the last ...
... heard a dis- tant voice , calling from the way she had come , and not doubting but it was that of Michael , her first impulse was to hasten back ; but a second thought changed her purpose ; she believed that nothing less than the last ...
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... heard it at midnight , when I could not sleep , ” rejoined La Voisin , not seem- ing to notice this remark , " almost under my window , and I never heard any music like it . It has often made me think of my poor wife till I cried . I ...
... heard it at midnight , when I could not sleep , ” rejoined La Voisin , not seem- ing to notice this remark , " almost under my window , and I never heard any music like it . It has often made me think of my poor wife till I cried . I ...
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... heard before , sounded in low symphony . St. Aubert now observed , that it produced a tone much more full and melodious than that of a guitar , and still more melancholy and soft than the lute . They continued to listen , but the sounds ...
... heard before , sounded in low symphony . St. Aubert now observed , that it produced a tone much more full and melodious than that of a guitar , and still more melancholy and soft than the lute . They continued to listen , but the sounds ...
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