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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... turned the discourse upon another subject . At parting she pressed him and her niece to make her an early visit . " Change of place will amuse you , " said she , " and it is wrong to give way to grief . " St. Aubert acknowledged the ...
... turned the discourse upon another subject . At parting she pressed him and her niece to make her an early visit . " Change of place will amuse you , " said she , " and it is wrong to give way to grief . " St. Aubert acknowledged the ...
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... turned to the ladies , and talked with the same eloquence , of Parisian fashions , the French opera , and French man- ners ; and on the latter subject he did not fail to mingle what is so par- ticularly agreeable to French taste . The ...
... turned to the ladies , and talked with the same eloquence , of Parisian fashions , the French opera , and French man- ners ; and on the latter subject he did not fail to mingle what is so par- ticularly agreeable to French taste . The ...
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... turned a little out of his way to take leave of M. Barreaux , whom he found botanizing in the wood near his chateau , and who , when he was told the purpose of St. Aubert's visit , expressed a degree of concern , such as his friend had ...
... turned a little out of his way to take leave of M. Barreaux , whom he found botanizing in the wood near his chateau , and who , when he was told the purpose of St. Aubert's visit , expressed a degree of concern , such as his friend had ...
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... turned from such scenes , and looked at her father with anxious tenderness , which the young stranger seemed to observe ; for , drawing St. Aubert aside , he made him an offer of his own bed . " It is a decent one , " said he , " when ...
... turned from such scenes , and looked at her father with anxious tenderness , which the young stranger seemed to observe ; for , drawing St. Aubert aside , he made him an offer of his own bed . " It is a decent one , " said he , " when ...
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... turned round , and perceiving that he was still bleeding , the subject of his alarm changed again , and he hastily formed some handkerchiefs into a bandage . This stopped the effusion of the blood ; but St. Aubert , dread- ing the ...
... turned round , and perceiving that he was still bleeding , the subject of his alarm changed again , and he hastily formed some handkerchiefs into a bandage . This stopped the effusion of the blood ; but St. Aubert , dread- ing the ...
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