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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... retired from the multitude “ more in pity than in anger , " to scenes of simple nature , to the pure delights of literature , and to the exercise of domestic virtues . He was a descendant from the younger branch of an illustrious 3 ...
... retired from the multitude “ more in pity than in anger , " to scenes of simple nature , to the pure delights of literature , and to the exercise of domestic virtues . He was a descendant from the younger branch of an illustrious 3 ...
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... retired to a small estate in Gascony , where con- jugal felicity , and parental duties , divided his attention with the trea- sures of knowledge and the illuminations of genius . To this spot he had been attached from his infancy . He ...
... retired to a small estate in Gascony , where con- jugal felicity , and parental duties , divided his attention with the trea- sures of knowledge and the illuminations of genius . To this spot he had been attached from his infancy . He ...
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... retired to another room , where they remained a considerable time . The subject of this conversation was not known ; but , whatever it might be , St. Aubert , when he returned to the supper - room , seemed much disturbed , and a shade ...
... retired to another room , where they remained a considerable time . The subject of this conversation was not known ; but , whatever it might be , St. Aubert , when he returned to the supper - room , seemed much disturbed , and a shade ...
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... retired to her chamber . The languor and dejection , that had lately oppressed her , and which the exertion called forth by the arrival of her guests had suspended , now returned with increased effect . On the following day , symptoms ...
... retired to her chamber . The languor and dejection , that had lately oppressed her , and which the exertion called forth by the arrival of her guests had suspended , now returned with increased effect . On the following day , symptoms ...
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... retired to her closet to weep alone . St. Aubert followed her thither : he took her hand in silence , while she continued to weep ; and it was some moments before he could so far command his voice as to speak . It trembled while he said ...
... retired to her closet to weep alone . St. Aubert followed her thither : he took her hand in silence , while she continued to weep ; and it was some moments before he could so far command his voice as to speak . It trembled while he said ...
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