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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... longer sensible of the indisposition which had lately oppressed her ; and , as she sauntered along the wood - walks of this romantic glen , and conversed with him , and with her daughter , she often looked at them alternately with a ...
... longer sensible of the indisposition which had lately oppressed her ; and , as she sauntered along the wood - walks of this romantic glen , and conversed with him , and with her daughter , she often looked at them alternately with a ...
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... longer , nor the traveller beguile , And help all faithful lovers , nor fear the fairy kind ! But soon the vapour of the woods will wander afar , And the fickle moon will fade , and the stars disappear , Then , cheerless will they be ...
... longer , nor the traveller beguile , And help all faithful lovers , nor fear the fairy kind ! But soon the vapour of the woods will wander afar , And the fickle moon will fade , and the stars disappear , Then , cheerless will they be ...
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... longer , and , wishing to rouse Emily from her dejection , he took her with him to Epourville . As the carriage entered upon the forest that adjoined his paternal domain , his eyes once more caught , between the chesnut avenue , the ...
... longer , and , wishing to rouse Emily from her dejection , he took her with him to Epourville . As the carriage entered upon the forest that adjoined his paternal domain , his eyes once more caught , between the chesnut avenue , the ...
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... longer hung with the arms and ancient banners of the family . These were displaced , and the oak wainscotting , and beams that crossed the roof , were painted white . The large table , too , that used to stretch along the upper end of ...
... longer hung with the arms and ancient banners of the family . These were displaced , and the oak wainscotting , and beams that crossed the roof , were painted white . The large table , too , that used to stretch along the upper end of ...
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... longer doubt his purpose , was with difficulty able to prepare a pistol for his defence , when his hand was upon the door of the chaise . The man staggered on his horse , the report of the pistol was followed by a groan , and St ...
... longer doubt his purpose , was with difficulty able to prepare a pistol for his defence , when his hand was upon the door of the chaise . The man staggered on his horse , the report of the pistol was followed by a groan , and St ...
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