The Mysteries Of Udolpho

Author: Ann Radcliffe

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  • : 23.00 NZD
  • : 9780140437591
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : Penguin Classics
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  • : 0.479
  • : June 2001
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 29mm
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  • : Ann Radcliffe
  • : Classics Ser.
  • : Paperback
  • : 0106/1
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  • : 823.6
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Barcode 9780140437591
9780140437591

Description

This classic novel tells the story of the orphaned Emily St. Aubert who find herself separated from the man she loves and confined within the Castle of Udolpho. A new introduction discusses the Gothic Romance genre, Radcliffe's use of the supernatural and there are explanatory textual notes.

Author description

Ann Radcliffe (1764-1823) was the leading exponent of Gothic fiction. During her lifetime she published five novels including A Sicilian Romance (1790), The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794) and The Italian (1797), as well as a collection of European travel writings. Her novels were immensely popular and much imitated. Jacqueline Howard is Co-ordinator of English and Languages at St. Mary's College in Adelaide, South Australia, and author of 'Reading Gothic Fiction: A Bakhtinian Approach'.