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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... tears of pleasure trembled in his eyes , that these were moments infinitely more delightful than any passed amid the brilliant and tumultuous scenes that are courted by the world . His heart was occupied ; it had , what can be so rarely ...
... tears of pleasure trembled in his eyes , that these were moments infinitely more delightful than any passed amid the brilliant and tumultuous scenes that are courted by the world . His heart was occupied ; it had , what can be so rarely ...
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... tears and struggles which his caution occasioned her . In person , Emily resembled her mother ; having the same elegant symmetry of form , the same delicacy of features , and the same blue eyes , full of tender sweetness . But , lovely ...
... tears and struggles which his caution occasioned her . In person , Emily resembled her mother ; having the same elegant symmetry of form , the same delicacy of features , and the same blue eyes , full of tender sweetness . But , lovely ...
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... 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 portrait well the lover's voice supplies ; Speaks 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 portrait well the lover's voice supplies ; Speaks all his ...
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... tears , and followed her father to the parlour , where , the servants being assembled , St. Aubert read , in a low and solemn voice , the evening service , and added a prayer for the soul of the departed . During this , his voice often ...
... tears , and followed her father to the parlour , where , the servants being assembled , St. Aubert read , in a low and solemn voice , the evening service , and added a prayer for the soul of the departed . During this , his voice often ...
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... tears upon her father : " Dear sir , ” said she , and her voice trembled ; she would have added , " I will shew myself wor- thy of being your daughter ; " but a mingled emotion of gratitude , affec- tion , and grief overcame her . St ...
... tears upon her father : " Dear sir , ” said she , and her voice trembled ; she would have added , " I will shew myself wor- thy of being your daughter ; " but a mingled emotion of gratitude , affec- tion , and grief overcame her . St ...
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