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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... once more smiled beneath these shades . Monsieur St. Aubert conversed with unusual cheerfulness ; every object delighted his senses . The refreshing pleasure from the first view of nature , after the pain of illness , and the ...
... once more smiled beneath these shades . Monsieur St. Aubert conversed with unusual cheerfulness ; every object delighted his senses . The refreshing pleasure from the first view of nature , after the pain of illness , and the ...
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... once under the pressure of her sorrow , and then perceived that it was hope , as well as fortitude , which had hitherto supported her . St. Aubert was for a time too devoid of comfort himself to bestow any on his daughter . CHAPTER II I ...
... once under the pressure of her sorrow , and then perceived that it was hope , as well as fortitude , which had hitherto supported her . St. Aubert was for a time too devoid of comfort himself to bestow any on his daughter . CHAPTER II I ...
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... once to the soul , or the voice that sinks like balm to the heart : but she assured St. Aubert that she sincerely sympathized with him , praised the virtues of his late wife , and then offered what she considered to be consolation ...
... once to the soul , or the voice that sinks like balm to the heart : but she assured St. Aubert that she sincerely sympathized with him , praised the virtues of his late wife , and then offered what she considered to be consolation ...
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... once more the old chesnut which Quesnel talked of cutting down . As he stood under its shade , and looked up among its branches , still luxuriant , and saw here and there the blue sky trembling between them ; the pursuits and events of ...
... once more the old chesnut which Quesnel talked of cutting down . As he stood under its shade , and looked up among its branches , still luxuriant , and saw here and there the blue sky trembling between them ; the pursuits and events of ...
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... once offered the room for Emily . But she thought not of herself , and the animated smile she gave him , told how much she felt herself obliged for the preference of her father . On their way , the stranger , whose name was Valancourt ...
... once offered the room for Emily . But she thought not of herself , and the animated smile she gave him , told how much she felt herself obliged for the preference of her father . On their way , the stranger , whose name was Valancourt ...
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