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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... opened upon the grandeur of the mountains , was occupied on the ground floor by a rustic hall , and two excellent sitting rooms . The first floor , for the cottage had no second story , was laid out in bed - chambers , except one ...
... opened upon the grandeur of the mountains , was occupied on the ground floor by a rustic hall , and two excellent sitting rooms . The first floor , for the cottage had no second story , was laid out in bed - chambers , except one ...
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... opened to a balcony , and which was generally used for a breakfast - room . In the surrounding ground , St. Aubert had made very tasteful improvements ; yet , such was his attachment to objects he had remem- bered from his boyish days ...
... opened to a balcony , and which was generally used for a breakfast - room . In the surrounding ground , St. Aubert had made very tasteful improvements ; yet , such was his attachment to objects he had remem- bered from his boyish days ...
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... opened to the distant landscape , where the rich pastures and vine - covered slopes of Gascony gradually declined to the plains ; and there , on the winding shores of the Garonne , groves , and hamlets , and villas - their outlines ...
... opened to the distant landscape , where the rich pastures and vine - covered slopes of Gascony gradually declined to the plains ; and there , on the winding shores of the Garonne , groves , and hamlets , and villas - their outlines ...
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... opened ; its savage features gradually softened , and , towards evening , they were among heathy mountains , stretched in far perspective , along which the solitary sheep - bell was heard , and the voice of the shepherd calling his ...
... opened ; its savage features gradually softened , and , towards evening , they were among heathy mountains , stretched in far perspective , along which the solitary sheep - bell was heard , and the voice of the shepherd calling his ...
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... opened among the mountains , would likewise have added to their per- plexity . Emily , as she 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 ...
... opened among the mountains , would likewise have added to their per- plexity . Emily , as she 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 ...
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