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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... lute ; for fishing - tackle he had no use , for he never could find amusement in torturing or destroying . After employing himself , for about an hour , in botanizing , dinner was served . It was a repast , to which gratitude , for ...
... lute ; for fishing - tackle he had no use , for he never could find amusement in torturing or destroying . After employing himself , for about an hour , in botanizing , dinner was served . It was a repast , to which gratitude , for ...
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... lute she knew how to touch with such sweet pathos . As she drew near the fishing - house , she was surprised to hear ... lute lay on the table ; every thing seemed undisturbed , and she began to believe it was another instrument ...
... lute she knew how to touch with such sweet pathos . As she drew near the fishing - house , she was surprised to hear ... lute lay on the table ; every thing seemed undisturbed , and she began to believe it was another instrument ...
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... lute , and hurried away . Monsieur and Madame St. Aubert she found in a little path that wound along the sides of the glen . Having reached a green summit , shadowed by palm - trees , and over- looking the vallies and plains of Gascony ...
... lute , and hurried away . Monsieur and Madame St. Aubert she found in a little path that wound along the sides of the glen . Having reached a green summit , shadowed by palm - trees , and over- looking the vallies and plains of Gascony ...
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... lute with dulcet string ; Then round about the oak they go till peeping of the morn . Down yonder glade two lovers steal , to shun the fairy - queen , Who frowns upon their plighted vows , and jealous is of me , That yester - eve I ...
... lute with dulcet string ; Then round about the oak they go till peeping of the morn . Down yonder glade two lovers steal , to shun the fairy - queen , Who frowns upon their plighted vows , and jealous is of me , That yester - eve I ...
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... lute ; If I creep near yonder oak she will wave her fairy wand , And to me the dance will cease , and the music all be mute . O ! had I but that purple flow'r whose leaves her charms can foil , And knew like fays to draw the juice , and ...
... lute ; If I creep near yonder oak she will wave her fairy wand , And to me the dance will cease , and the music all be mute . O ! had I but that purple flow'r whose leaves her charms can foil , And knew like fays to draw the juice , and ...
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