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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... steps of the enthusiast , and where no track appeared on the vegetation , but what the foot of the izard had left ; they would seek one of those green recesses , which so beautifully adorn the bosom of these mountains , where , under ...
... steps of the enthusiast , and where no track appeared on the vegetation , but what the foot of the izard had left ; they would seek one of those green recesses , which so beautifully adorn the bosom of these mountains , where , under ...
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... steps wind these wood - walks green , Whence all his tears , his tender sorrows , rise ; Ah ! paint her form , her soul - illumin'd eyes , The sweet expression of her pensive face , The light'ning smile , the animated grace- The ...
... steps wind these wood - walks green , Whence all his tears , his tender sorrows , rise ; Ah ! paint her form , her soul - illumin'd eyes , The sweet expression of her pensive face , The light'ning smile , the animated grace- The ...
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... steps should occasion her to lose a note of the music , or should disturb the musician . Every thing without the building was still , and no person appeared . She continued to listen , till timidity succeeded to surprise and delight ; a ...
... steps should occasion her to lose a note of the music , or should disturb the musician . Every thing without the building was still , and no person appeared . She continued to listen , till timidity succeeded to surprise and delight ; a ...
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... steps , under the deep shades , send for- ward a transforming eye into the distant obscurity , and listen with ... step a little further , and we shall see fairies , perhaps ; they are often companions . The glow - worm lends his light ...
... steps , under the deep shades , send for- ward a transforming eye into the distant obscurity , and listen with ... step a little further , and we shall see fairies , perhaps ; they are often companions . The glow - worm lends his light ...
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... steps . After a moment's hesitation , St. Aubert again stopped the carriage , and waited till he came up , that they might enquire concerning the hamlet they were in search of . The stranger informed him , that it was only half a league ...
... steps . After a moment's hesitation , St. Aubert again stopped the carriage , and waited till he came up , that they might enquire concerning the hamlet they were in search of . The stranger informed him , that it was only half a league ...
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