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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... recollected that she had taken it from her arm after dinner , and had left it on the table when she went to walk . After a long search , in which Emily was very active , she was compelled to resign herself to the loss of it . What made ...
... recollected that she had taken it from her arm after dinner , and had left it on the table when she went to walk . After a long search , in which Emily was very active , she was compelled to resign herself to the loss of it . What made ...
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... recollected what he had said con- cerning this planet , and the mysterious music ; and , as she lingered at the window , half hoping and half fearing that it would return , her mind was led to the remembrance of the extreme emotion her ...
... recollected what he had said con- cerning this planet , and the mysterious music ; and , as she lingered at the window , half hoping and half fearing that it would return , her mind was led to the remembrance of the extreme emotion her ...
الصفحة 89
... recollected , that St. Aubert , on the evening before his departure from the chateau , had read to her some passages from this his favourite author . The circumstance now affected her open extremely ; she looked at the page , wept , The ...
... recollected , that St. Aubert , on the evening before his departure from the chateau , had read to her some passages from this his favourite author . The circumstance now affected her open extremely ; she looked at the page , wept , The ...
الصفحة 95
... recollected himself , for he immediately returned to the men- tion of her father ; till , perceiving that her spirits were exhausted , he gradually changed the subject , and spoke of himself . Emily thus learned that , after they had ...
... recollected himself , for he immediately returned to the men- tion of her father ; till , perceiving that her spirits were exhausted , he gradually changed the subject , and spoke of himself . Emily thus learned that , after they had ...
الصفحة 97
... recollection of the sentence she had just seen , and at the certainty , that the only opportu- nity of explaining it was then passing away for ever . It was long after this , that she recollected the purse ; and as she was depositing it ...
... recollection of the sentence she had just seen , and at the certainty , that the only opportu- nity of explaining it was then passing away for ever . It was long after this , that she recollected the purse ; and as she was depositing it ...
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