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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... Soon after mid - day , they reached the summit of one of those cliffs , which , bright with the verdure of palm trees , adorn , like gems , the tremendous walls of the rocks , and which overlooked the greater part of Gascony , and part ...
... Soon after mid - day , they reached the summit of one of those cliffs , which , bright with the verdure of palm trees , adorn , like gems , the tremendous walls of the rocks , and which overlooked the greater part of Gascony , and part ...
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... soon , realized ! The recollections subdued him , and he abruptly rose from his seat , and walked away to where no eye could observe his grief . When he returned , his countenance had recovered its usual seren- ity ; he took Emily's ...
... soon , realized ! The recollections subdued him , and he abruptly rose from his seat , and walked away to where no eye could observe his grief . When he returned , his countenance had recovered its usual seren- ity ; he took Emily's ...
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... soon after looked from the window , and saw Valancourt standing upon the bank of the road , resting on his pike with folded arms , and following the carriage with his eyes . He waved his hand , and Valancourt , seeming to awake from his ...
... soon after looked from the window , and saw Valancourt standing upon the bank of the road , resting on his pike with folded arms , and following the carriage with his eyes . He waved his hand , and Valancourt , seeming to awake from his ...
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... , as she looked down upon it , almost expected to see them stealing out from some hollow cave to look for their prey . Soon after an object not less terrific struck her , -a gibbet standing a gibbet The Mysteries of Udolpho 51.
... , as she looked down upon it , almost expected to see them stealing out from some hollow cave to look for their prey . Soon after an object not less terrific struck her , -a gibbet standing a gibbet The Mysteries of Udolpho 51.
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... soon chased away by Emily's smile ; who smiled , however , with an aching heart , for she saw that his misfor- tunes preyed upon his mind , and upon his enfeebled frame . It was evening when they reached a small village of Upper ...
... soon chased away by Emily's smile ; who smiled , however , with an aching heart , for she saw that his misfor- tunes preyed upon his mind , and upon his enfeebled frame . It was evening when they reached a small village of Upper ...
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