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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... seen the pastoral landscapes of Guienne and Gascony , stretching along the river , gay with luxuriant woods and vines , and plantations of olives . To the south , the view was bounded by the majes- tic Pyrenées , whose summits , veiled ...
... seen the pastoral landscapes of Guienne and Gascony , stretching along the river , gay with luxuriant woods and vines , and plantations of olives . To the south , the view was bounded by the majes- tic Pyrenées , whose summits , veiled ...
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... seen on an evening , when the day's labour was done , dancing in groups on the margin of the river . Their sprightly melodies , debonnaire steps , the fanciful figure of their dances , with the tasteful and capricious manner in which ...
... seen on an evening , when the day's labour was done , dancing in groups on the margin of the river . Their sprightly melodies , debonnaire steps , the fanciful figure of their dances , with the tasteful and capricious manner in which ...
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... seen , and now lost - were circum- stances that awakened her mind into effort , and led to enthusiasm and poetry . Her favourite walk was to a little fishing - house , belonging to St. Aubert , in a woody glen , on the margin of a ...
... seen , and now lost - were circum- stances that awakened her mind into effort , and led to enthusiasm and poetry . Her favourite walk was to a little fishing - house , belonging to St. Aubert , in a woody glen , on the margin of a ...
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... seen , and she hesitated whether to proceed , or to return . While she paused , the music ceased ; and , after a momentary hesita- tion , she re - collected courage to advance to the fishing - house , which she entered with faltering ...
... seen , and she hesitated whether to proceed , or to return . While she paused , the music ceased ; and , after a momentary hesita- tion , she re - collected courage to advance to the fishing - house , which she entered with faltering ...
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... seen a stranger ; but , endeavouring to conquer the tremor of her spirits , rose , and went to the window . To the lines before noticed she now perceived that others were added , in which her name appeared . Though no longer suffered to ...
... seen a stranger ; but , endeavouring to conquer the tremor of her spirits , rose , and went to the window . To the lines before noticed she now perceived that others were added , in which her name appeared . Though no longer suffered to ...
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