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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... looked worse than he really did . Emily would have been amused by the new characters she saw , and the varied conversation that passed during dinner , which was served in a style of splendour she had seldom seen before , had her spirits ...
... looked worse than he really did . Emily would have been amused by the new characters she saw , and the varied conversation that passed during dinner , which was served in a style of splendour she had seldom seen before , had her spirits ...
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... looked back upon the chateau , in the plain below ; tender images crowded to his mind ; his melancholy imagina- tion suggested that he should return no more ; and though he checked this wandering thought , still he continued to look ...
... looked back upon the chateau , in the plain below ; tender images crowded to his mind ; his melancholy imagina- tion suggested that he should return no more ; and though he checked this wandering thought , still he continued to look ...
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... looked up one of these , saw something at a great distance like a bright cloud in the air . “ What light is yonder , sir ? " said she . St. Aubert looked , and perceived that it was the snowy summit of a mountain , so much higher than ...
... looked up one of these , saw something at a great distance like a bright cloud in the air . “ What light is yonder , sir ? " said she . St. Aubert looked , and perceived that it was the snowy summit of a mountain , so much higher than ...
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... looked at her father with anxious tenderness , which the young stranger seemed to observe ; for , drawing St. Aubert aside , he made him an offer of his own bed . " It is a decent one , " said he , " when compared with what we have just ...
... looked at her father with anxious tenderness , which the young stranger seemed to observe ; for , drawing St. Aubert aside , he made him an offer of his own bed . " It is a decent one , " said he , " when compared with what we have just ...
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... looked timidly at Emily , who tried to smile away the seriousness of her spirits . They passed a few minutes in interesting conversation , and St. Aubert then led the way to the carriage , Emily and Valancourt following in silence . The ...
... looked timidly at Emily , who tried to smile away the seriousness of her spirits . They passed a few minutes in interesting conversation , and St. Aubert then led the way to the carriage , Emily and Valancourt following in silence . The ...
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