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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... manner in which the girls adjusted their simple dress , gave a character to the scene entirely French . The front of the chateau , which , having a southern aspect , opened upon the grandeur of the mountains , was occupied on the ground ...
... manner in which the girls adjusted their simple dress , gave a character to the scene entirely French . The front of the chateau , which , having a southern aspect , opened upon the grandeur of the mountains , was occupied on the ground ...
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... manner , which added grace to beauty , and rendered her a very interesting object to persons of a congenial disposition . But St. Aubert had too much good sense to prefer a charm to a virtue ; and had penetration enough to see , that ...
... manner , which added grace to beauty , and rendered her a very interesting object to persons of a congenial disposition . But St. Aubert had too much good sense to prefer a charm to a virtue ; and had penetration enough to see , that ...
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... manner towards M. Quesnel , which he both understood and felt . In his own marriage he did not follow his sister's example . His lady was an Italian , and an heiress by birth ; and , by nature and education , was a vain and frivolous ...
... manner towards M. Quesnel , which he both understood and felt . In his own marriage he did not follow his sister's example . His lady was an Italian , and an heiress by birth ; and , by nature and education , was a vain and frivolous ...
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... manner , which she observed , and took occasion , when her family had once quitted the chamber , to tell him , that she perceived her death was approaching . “ Do not attempt to deceive me , " said she , " I feel that I cannot long ...
... manner , which she observed , and took occasion , when her family had once quitted the chamber , to tell him , that she perceived her death was approaching . “ Do not attempt to deceive me , " said she , " I feel that I cannot long ...
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... manner . Emily was shocked by the salutation with which Madame Cheron met her father- " Dear brother , " said she ... manners formed a decided contrast to those of her female companions . After dinner , St. Aubert stole from the room to ...
... manner . Emily was shocked by the salutation with which Madame Cheron met her father- " Dear brother , " said she ... manners formed a decided contrast to those of her female companions . After dinner , St. Aubert stole from the room to ...
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