The Mysteries of UdolphoGraphic Arts Books, 22/11/2020 - 724 من الصفحات “The first poetess of romantic fiction.”-Sir Walter Scott ““Mrs. Radcliffe is a mistress of hints, suggestions, minute details, breathless pauses, and the hush of suspense.” —The New York Times “Compared to Udolpho, Montoni’s mountain hideaway, Castle Dracula is a country day school.” —Barbara Walker Ann Radcliff’s Mysteries of Udolpho, one of the most famous English gothic novels ever published, was a significant influence on later authors including Mary Shelley, Edgar Allen Poe, and Jane Austen. In combining the supernatural elements of the gothic genre with a deep sensitivity of emotion, this work reveals the height of Radcliffe’s powers as a writer. Living a picturesque life in rural Late-16th Century France, Emily St. Aubert, the novel’s beautiful and sensitive protagonist becomes an orphan when both of her parents die. Adopted by her unaffectionate aunt Madame Cheron, Emily is ultimately imprisoned by Cheron and her cruel husband, the Italian nobleman Signor Montoni. The natural beauty of her life as a young girl in France is contrasted with the seclusion in the eponymous castle where Montoni’s controlling manipulations spin her life into a state of unknowable terror. The hair-raising and strange events that occur within the confines of the dreadful fortress are among the most bone-chilling in all of literature. With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of The Mysteries of Udolpho is both modern and readable. |
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... Emily's fears made her now fancy that her father looked worse than he really did. Emily would have been amused by the new characters she saw, and the varied conversation that passed during dinner, which was served in a style of ...
... Emily's arm within his, and, telling Michael to wait awhile in the road with the carriage, they began to ascend ... Emily with a degree of fear, which, however, the voice and conversation of Valancourt somewhat repressed. When they had ...
... Emily, the more she endeavoured to restrain her emotion, found it the less possible to do so. St. Aubert, who now spoke ... Emily's surprise, for a moment, overcame her grief, and she ventured to ask, why this must be? St. Aubert replied ...
... Emily round the bed, while the holy father read in a solemn voice the service for the dying. St. Aubert lay with a serene ... Emily's sobs more than once interrupted the service. When it was concluded, and extreme unction had been ...
... Emily's eyes, “we will go to the chapel.” Emily followed to the parlour, where the nuns were assembled, to whom the abbess committed her, saying, “This is a daughter, for whom I have much esteem; be sisters to her.” They passed on in a ...
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CHAPTER 9 | |
CHAPTER 10 | |
CHAPTER 11 | |
CHAPTER 13 | |
VOLUME 2 | |
CHAPTER 1 | |
CHAPTER 2 | |
CHAPTER 3 | |
CHAPTER 4 | |
CHAPTER 5 | |
CHAPTER 6 | |
CHAPTER 1 | |
CHAPTER 12 | |
CHAPTER 13 | |
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CHAPTER 2 | |
CHAPTER 4 | |
CHAPTER 14 | |
CHAPTER 15 | |
CHAPTER 16 | |
CHAPTER 17 | |
CHAPTER 18 | |
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