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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... mountains , and the woods , whose tall heads , stirred by the evening breeze , gave the only sounds , that stole on silence , except a faint , faint chorus of distant voices , that arose from within the castle . -from Chapter XII PAGE 3 ...
... mountains , and the woods , whose tall heads , stirred by the evening breeze , gave the only sounds , that stole on silence , except a faint , faint chorus of distant voices , that arose from within the castle . -from Chapter XII PAGE 3 ...
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... mountains , which afforded a luxurious feast to the mind of the natu- ralist , he often passed the day in the pursuit of his favourite science . He was sometimes accompanied in these little excursions by Madame St. Aubert , and ...
... mountains , which afforded a luxurious feast to the mind of the natu- ralist , he often passed the day in the pursuit of his favourite science . He was sometimes accompanied in these little excursions by Madame St. Aubert , and ...
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... mountains , where the Garonne wandered , became dim , and the gloom of evening stole over the landscape . It was a melancholy but not unpleasing gloom . St. Aubert and his family rose , and left the place with regret ; alas ! Madame St ...
... mountains , where the Garonne wandered , became dim , and the gloom of evening stole over the landscape . It was a melancholy but not unpleasing gloom . St. Aubert and his family rose , and left the place with regret ; alas ! Madame St ...
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... mountains , intending to visit some old pensioners of St. Aubert , which , from his very moderate income , he contrived to support , though it is probable M. Quesnel , with his very large one , could not have afforded this . After ...
... mountains , intending to visit some old pensioners of St. Aubert , which , from his very moderate income , he contrived to support , though it is probable M. Quesnel , with his very large one , could not have afforded this . After ...
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... mountains , sinks the ev'ning star , And the changing moon forsakes this shadowy sphere , How cheerless would they be , tho ' they fairies are , If I , with my pale light , came not near ! Yet cheerless tho ' they'd be , they're ...
... mountains , sinks the ev'ning star , And the changing moon forsakes this shadowy sphere , How cheerless would they be , tho ' they fairies are , If I , with my pale light , came not near ! Yet cheerless tho ' they'd be , they're ...
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