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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... late wife , and then offered what she considered to be consolation . Emily wept unceasingly while she spoke ; St. Aubert was tranquil , listened to what she said in silence , and then turned the discourse upon another subject . At ...
... late wife , and then offered what she considered to be consolation . Emily wept unceasingly while she spoke ; St. Aubert was tranquil , listened to what she said in silence , and then turned the discourse upon another subject . At ...
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... late an hour , apprehended he was unwell , and was going to enquire ; but , con- sidering that her sudden appearance at this hour might alarm him , she removed her light to the stair - case , and then stepped softly to the closet . On ...
... late an hour , apprehended he was unwell , and was going to enquire ; but , con- sidering that her sudden appearance at this hour might alarm him , she removed her light to the stair - case , and then stepped softly to the closet . On ...
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... late Madame St. Aubert , within view of the fishing - house . They both observed this , and thought how delighted she would have been with the present landscape , while they knew that her eyes must never , never more open upon this ...
... late Madame St. Aubert , within view of the fishing - house . They both observed this , and thought how delighted she would have been with the present landscape , while they knew that her eyes must never , never more open upon this ...
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... late when St. Aubert and Emily retired to their rooms , and Valancourt to his station at the door , which , at this mild season , he pre- ferred to a close cabin and a bed of skins . St. Aubert was somewhat sur- prised to find in his ...
... late when St. Aubert and Emily retired to their rooms , and Valancourt to his station at the door , which , at this mild season , he pre- ferred to a close cabin and a bed of skins . St. Aubert was somewhat sur- prised to find in his ...
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... late marchioness , then ? " said St. Aubert in an altered voice . “ Ah , monsieur ! —that I do well . There are many besides me who remember her . " " Yes " said St. Aubert , " and I am one of those . " “ Alas , sir ! you remember ...
... late marchioness , then ? " said St. Aubert in an altered voice . “ Ah , monsieur ! —that I do well . There are many besides me who remember her . " " Yes " said St. Aubert , " and I am one of those . " “ Alas , sir ! you remember ...
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