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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... spoke little on the subject of their grief ; but the minute attention he gave them , and the modulated voice , and softened look that accompanied it , came from his heart , and spoke to theirs . At this melancholy period , St. Aubert ...
... spoke little on the subject of their grief ; but the minute attention he gave them , and the modulated voice , and softened look that accompanied it , came from his heart , and spoke to theirs . At this melancholy period , St. Aubert ...
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... spoke of the commotions which at that period agitated the country ; talked of party differences with warmth , and then lamented the probable consequences of the tumults . His friend spoke with equal ardour , of the politics of his ...
... spoke of the commotions which at that period agitated the country ; talked of party differences with warmth , and then lamented the probable consequences of the tumults . His friend spoke with equal ardour , of the politics of his ...
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... spoke much . pur- They were now so near the fire , which had long flamed at a distance on the blackness of night , that it gleamed upon the road , and they could distinguish figures moving about the blaze . The way winding still nearer ...
... spoke much . pur- They were now so near the fire , which had long flamed at a distance on the blackness of night , that it gleamed upon the road , and they could distinguish figures moving about the blaze . The way winding still nearer ...
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... spoke again , there was a peculiar tenderness in the tone of his voice , that defeated any attempt to conceal his sentiments . By degrees these silent pauses became more frequent ; till Emily , only , betrayed an anxiety to interrupt ...
... spoke again , there was a peculiar tenderness in the tone of his voice , that defeated any attempt to conceal his sentiments . By degrees these silent pauses became more frequent ; till Emily , only , betrayed an anxiety to interrupt ...
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... spoke the elevation of her mind . They appeared like two lovers who had never strayed beyond these their native mountains ; whose situation had secluded them from the frivolities of common life , whose ideas were simple and grand , like ...
... spoke the elevation of her mind . They appeared like two lovers who had never strayed beyond these their native mountains ; whose situation had secluded them from the frivolities of common life , whose ideas were simple and grand , like ...
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