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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... reason therefore restrain sorrow . I would not anni- hilate your feelings , my child , I would only teach you to command . them ; for whatever may be the evils resulting from a too susceptible heart , nothing can be hoped from an ...
... reason therefore restrain sorrow . I would not anni- hilate your feelings , my child , I would only teach you to command . them ; for whatever may be the evils resulting from a too susceptible heart , nothing can be hoped from an ...
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... reason and effort may fail to do , time effects . Week after week passed away , and each , as it passed , stole something from the harshness of her affliction , till it was mellowed to that tenderness which the feeling heart cherishes ...
... reason and effort may fail to do , time effects . Week after week passed away , and each , as it passed , stole something from the harshness of her affliction , till it was mellowed to that tenderness which the feeling heart cherishes ...
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... reason for doing so . Once , indeed , they kicked at a boy's leg that lay asleep in the stable , and broke it ; but I told them they were out there , and by St. Anthony ! I believe they understood me , for they never did so again . " He ...
... reason for doing so . Once , indeed , they kicked at a boy's leg that lay asleep in the stable , and broke it ; but I told them they were out there , and by St. Anthony ! I believe they understood me , for they never did so again . " He ...
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... reason , soon after looked from the window , and saw Valancourt standing upon the bank of the road , resting on his pike with folded arms , and following the carriage with his eyes . He waved his hand , and Valancourt , seeming to awake ...
... reason , soon after looked from the window , and saw Valancourt standing upon the bank of the road , resting on his pike with folded arms , and following the carriage with his eyes . He waved his hand , and Valancourt , seeming to awake ...
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... , may the sun always shine as brightly as at this moment ; may your own conduct always give you the sunshine of benevolence and reason united ! " Valancourt , highly flattered by this compliment , could make 50 Ann Radcliffe.
... , may the sun always shine as brightly as at this moment ; may your own conduct always give you the sunshine of benevolence and reason united ! " Valancourt , highly flattered by this compliment , could make 50 Ann Radcliffe.
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