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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... party was invited to dine at the chateau , and was compelled to hear that nothing which was past and irremediable ought to prevent the festivity of the present hour . St. Aubert , when he was told that company were expected , felt a ...
... party was invited to dine at the chateau , and was compelled to hear that nothing which was past and irremediable ought to prevent the festivity of the present hour . St. Aubert , when he was told that company were expected , felt a ...
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... party differences with warmth , and then lamented the probable consequences of the tumults . His friend spoke with equal ardour , of the politics of his country ; praised the government and pros- perity of Venice , and boasted of its ...
... party differences with warmth , and then lamented the probable consequences of the tumults . His friend spoke with equal ardour , of the politics of his country ; praised the government and pros- perity of Venice , and boasted of its ...
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... party emerged from the woods , and exhibited a band of soldiers . St. Aubert's apprehensions now subsided ; he had no doubt that the train before him consisted of smugglers , who , in conveying prohibited goods over the Pyrenées , had ...
... party emerged from the woods , and exhibited a band of soldiers . St. Aubert's apprehensions now subsided ; he had no doubt that the train before him consisted of smugglers , who , in conveying prohibited goods over the Pyrenées , had ...
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... party , and told them , that he had found Michael , as well as a way , by which he thought they could ascend the cliff to the carriage . He pointed to the woody steeps above , which St. Aubert sur- veyed with an anxious eye . He was ...
... party , and told them , that he had found Michael , as well as a way , by which he thought they could ascend the cliff to the carriage . He pointed to the woody steeps above , which St. Aubert sur- veyed with an anxious eye . He was ...
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... party burst into an exclamation . Behind the spot where they stood , the rock rose perpendicularly in a massy wall to a considerable height , and then branched out into overhanging crags . Their grey tints were well contrasted by the ...
... party burst into an exclamation . Behind the spot where they stood , the rock rose perpendicularly in a massy wall to a considerable height , and then branched out into overhanging crags . Their grey tints were well contrasted by the ...
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