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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... servants and horses were seen pass- ing between the trees , and , at length , the wheels of a carriage rolled along . Having come within view of the front of the chateau , a landau , with smoking horses , appeared on the little lawn ...
... servants and horses were seen pass- ing between the trees , and , at length , the wheels of a carriage rolled along . Having come within view of the front of the chateau , a landau , with smoking horses , appeared on the little lawn ...
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... servants being assembled , St. Aubert read , in a low and solemn voice , the evening service , and added a prayer for the soul of the departed . During this , his voice often faltered , his tears fell upon the book , and at length he ...
... servants being assembled , St. Aubert read , in a low and solemn voice , the evening service , and added a prayer for the soul of the departed . During this , his voice often faltered , his tears fell upon the book , and at length he ...
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... servants to the great gate , where St. Aubert alighted , and from which he led Emily into the gothic hall , now no ... servant to a parlour , where sat Mons . and Madame Quesnel , who received him with a stately polite- ness , and ...
... servants to the great gate , where St. Aubert alighted , and from which he led Emily into the gothic hall , now no ... servant to a parlour , where sat Mons . and Madame Quesnel , who received him with a stately polite- ness , and ...
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... servant should be sent to conduct her to La Vallée , for that her own time was so much occupied by company , that she had no leisure to undertake so long a journey . However Emily might prefer La Vallée to Tholouse , she could not be ...
... servant should be sent to conduct her to La Vallée , for that her own time was so much occupied by company , that she had no leisure to undertake so long a journey . However Emily might prefer La Vallée to Tholouse , she could not be ...
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... servants in rich liveries appeared , to a kind of saloon , fitted up with more shew than taste ; and her aunt , complaining of fatigue , ordered supper immediately . “ I am glad to find myself in my own house again , " said she ...
... servants in rich liveries appeared , to a kind of saloon , fitted up with more shew than taste ; and her aunt , complaining of fatigue , ordered supper immediately . “ I am glad to find myself in my own house again , " said she ...
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