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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... surprised to hear the tones of the instrument , which were awakened by the hand of taste , and uttered a ... surprise and delight ; a timidity , increased by a remembrance of the pencilled lines she had formerly seen , and ...
... surprised to hear the tones of the instrument , which were awakened by the hand of taste , and uttered a ... surprise and delight ; a timidity , increased by a remembrance of the pencilled lines she had formerly seen , and ...
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... he did not , like St. Aubert , pity and mourn for them ; he felt more indignation at their vices , than compassion for their weaknesses . St. Aubert was somewhat surprised to see him ; for The Mysteries of Udolpho 21.
... he did not , like St. Aubert , pity and mourn for them ; he felt more indignation at their vices , than compassion for their weaknesses . St. Aubert was somewhat surprised to see him ; for The Mysteries of Udolpho 21.
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... surprise on seeing Valancourt , who explained his unexpected appearance by saying , " You , sir , renewed my taste for society ; when you had left the hamlet , it did indeed appear a solitude . I determined , therefore , since my object ...
... surprise on seeing Valancourt , who explained his unexpected appearance by saying , " You , sir , renewed my taste for society ; when you had left the hamlet , it did indeed appear a solitude . I determined , therefore , since my object ...
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... surprise . He enquired how much money was yet wanting to replace the stolen sheep , and found , that it was a sum very little short of all he had about him . He was perplexed and distressed . “ This sum then , ” said he to himself ...
... surprise . He enquired how much money was yet wanting to replace the stolen sheep , and found , that it was a sum very little short of all he had about him . He was perplexed and distressed . “ This sum then , ” said he to himself ...
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... surprise . St. Aubert , on hearing this odd question , and observing the peculiar tone in which it was delivered , looked out from the carriage . " We are travellers , " said he , " who are in search of a house of accommodation for the ...
... surprise . St. Aubert , on hearing this odd question , and observing the peculiar tone in which it was delivered , looked out from the carriage . " We are travellers , " said he , " who are in search of a house of accommodation for the ...
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