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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... voice of some supernatural being - the voice of the spirit of the woods , that watches over them by night . Ah ! what light is yonder ? But it is gone . And now it gleams again , near the root of that large chestnut : look , sir ...
... voice of some supernatural being - the voice of the spirit of the woods , that watches over them by night . Ah ! what light is yonder ? But it is gone . And now it gleams again , near the root of that large chestnut : look , sir ...
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... voice , the evening service , and added a prayer for the soul of the departed . During this , his voice often faltered , his tears fell upon the book , and at length he paused . But the sublime emotions of pure devotion gradually ...
... voice , the evening service , and added a prayer for the soul of the departed . During this , his voice often faltered , his tears fell upon the book , and at length he paused . But the sublime emotions of pure devotion gradually ...
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... voice , and softened look that accompanied it , came from his heart , and spoke to theirs . At this melancholy period , St. Aubert was likewise visited by Madame Cheron , his only surviving sister , who had been some years a widow , and ...
... voice , and softened look that accompanied it , came from his heart , and spoke to theirs . At this melancholy period , St. Aubert was likewise visited by Madame Cheron , his only surviving sister , who had been some years a widow , and ...
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... voice of Valancourt . He now himself bade the muleteer stop ; and , pro- nouncing the name of Valancourt , was answered in a voice , that no longer suffered him to doubt . St. Aubert , who instantly alighted and went to his assistance ...
... voice of Valancourt . He now himself bade the muleteer stop ; and , pro- nouncing the name of Valancourt , was answered in a voice , that no longer suffered him to doubt . St. Aubert , who instantly alighted and went to his assistance ...
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... voice that trembled , but not from anguish , that his wound was of no consequence . While he said this St. Aubert turned round , and perceiving that he was still bleeding , the subject of his alarm changed again , and he hastily formed ...
... voice that trembled , but not from anguish , that his wound was of no consequence . While he said this St. Aubert turned round , and perceiving that he was still bleeding , the subject of his alarm changed again , and he hastily formed ...
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