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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... scenes , nor suffered the charms of Nature's lowly children to abstract them from the obser- vance of her ... scene entirely French . The front of the chateau , which , having a southern aspect , opened upon the grandeur of ...
... scenes , nor suffered the charms of Nature's lowly children to abstract them from the obser- vance of her ... scene entirely French . The front of the chateau , which , having a southern aspect , opened upon the grandeur of ...
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... scene , When next her light steps wind these wood - walks green , Whence all his tears , his tender sorrows , rise ; Ah ! paint her form , her soul - illumin'd eyes , The sweet expression of her pensive face , The light'ning smile , the ...
... scene , When next her light steps wind these wood - walks green , Whence all his tears , his tender sorrows , rise ; Ah ! paint her form , her soul - illumin'd eyes , The sweet expression of her pensive face , The light'ning smile , the ...
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... scene , and , each day , as it gradually softened the acuteness of his suffering , assisted the tender enchantment that bound him to home . But there were calls which must be complied with , and of this kind was the visit he paid to his ...
... scene , and , each day , as it gradually softened the acuteness of his suffering , assisted the tender enchantment that bound him to home . But there were calls which must be complied with , and of this kind was the visit he paid to his ...
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... distance into one harmonious hue , that seemed to unite earth with heaven . Through the whole of this glorious scene the majestic Garonne wandered ; descending from its source among the Pyrenées , and winding. The Mysteries of Udolpho 27.
... distance into one harmonious hue , that seemed to unite earth with heaven . Through the whole of this glorious scene the majestic Garonne wandered ; descending from its source among the Pyrenées , and winding. The Mysteries of Udolpho 27.
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... scene before them bore some resemblance , though it was on a much grander scale , to a favourite one of the late Madame St. Aubert , within view of the fishing - house . They both observed this , and thought how delighted she would have ...
... scene before them bore some resemblance , though it was on a much grander scale , to a favourite one of the late Madame St. Aubert , within view of the fishing - house . They both observed this , and thought how delighted she would have ...
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