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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... silent way beneath the shades it reflected . Above the woods , that screened this glen , rose the lofty summits of the Pyrenées , which often burst boldly on the eye through the glades below . Sometimes the shattered face of a rock only ...
... silent way beneath the shades it reflected . Above the woods , that screened this glen , rose the lofty summits of the Pyrenées , which often burst boldly on the eye through the glades below . Sometimes the shattered face of a rock only ...
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... silent and dejected on the way home ; but she considered this to be the effect of his visit to a place which spoke so eloquently of former times , nor suspected that he had a cause of grief which he concealed from her . On entering the ...
... silent and dejected on the way home ; but she considered this to be the effect of his visit to a place which spoke so eloquently of former times , nor suspected that he had a cause of grief which he concealed from her . On entering the ...
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... silent ejaculation . He determined not to leave Valancourt till he should be perfectly recov- ered ; and , as he was now well enough to travel , though not able to man- age his horse , St. Aubert invited him to accompany him for a few ...
... silent ejaculation . He determined not to leave Valancourt till he should be perfectly recov- ered ; and , as he was now well enough to travel , though not able to man- age his horse , St. Aubert invited him to accompany him for a few ...
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... silent pauses became more frequent ; till Emily , only , betrayed an anxiety to interrupt them ; and she ; who had ... silence . From Beaujeu the road had constantly ascended , conducting the travellers into the higher regions of ...
... silent pauses became more frequent ; till Emily , only , betrayed an anxiety to interrupt them ; and she ; who had ... silence . From Beaujeu the road had constantly ascended , conducting the travellers into the higher regions of ...
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... silence . Before them , extended the valley they had quitted ; its rocks , and woods to the left , just ... silent ; Emily perceived a warm tear fall upon the hand he held ; she knew the object of his thoughts ; hers too had ...
... silence . Before them , extended the valley they had quitted ; its rocks , and woods to the left , just ... silent ; Emily perceived a warm tear fall upon the hand he held ; she knew the object of his thoughts ; hers too had ...
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