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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... smile , the animated grace- The portrait well the lover's voice supplies ; Speaks all his heart must feel , his tongue would say : Yet ah ! not all his heart must sadly feel ! How oft the flow'ret's silken leaves conceal The drug that ...
... smile , the animated grace- The portrait well the lover's voice supplies ; Speaks all his heart must feel , his tongue would say : Yet ah ! not all his heart must sadly feel ! How oft the flow'ret's silken leaves conceal The drug that ...
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... smile , clasp his hand , and that of Emily , and weep the more . He felt the tender enthu- siasm stealing upon himself in a degree that became almost painful ; his features assumed a serious air , and he could not forbear secretly sigh ...
... smile , clasp his hand , and that of Emily , and weep the more . He felt the tender enthu- siasm stealing upon himself in a degree that became almost painful ; his features assumed a serious air , and he could not forbear secretly sigh ...
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... smile of benevolence , St. Aubert returned home through the woods , where At fall of eve the fairy - people throng , In various games and revelry to pass The summer night , as village stories tell . * " The evening gloom of woods was ...
... smile of benevolence , St. Aubert returned home through the woods , where At fall of eve the fairy - people throng , In various games and revelry to pass The summer night , as village stories tell . * " The evening gloom of woods was ...
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... smile , that he felt himself much as usual ; but Emily's fears made her now fancy that her father looked worse than he really did . Emily would have been amused by the new characters she saw , and the varied conversation that passed ...
... smile , that he felt himself much as usual ; but Emily's fears made her now fancy that her father looked worse than he really did . Emily would have been amused by the new characters she saw , and the varied conversation that passed ...
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... smile she gave him , told how much she felt herself obliged for the preference of her father . On their way , the stranger , whose name was Valancourt , stepped on first to speak to his hostess , and she came out to welcome St. Aubert ...
... smile she gave him , told how much she felt herself obliged for the preference of her father . On their way , the stranger , whose name was Valancourt , stepped on first to speak to his hostess , and she came out to welcome St. Aubert ...
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