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(0)Ann Radcliffe
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A Sicilian Romance (1790) is a novel by Ann Radcliffe. Published anonymously, Radcliffe's second novel is a tragic story of love and murder set in the sublime landscape of the Sicilian coast. Considered an essential work of Gothic fiction, A Sicilian Romance is an early example of her prowess as a leading novelist of suspense and the supernatural. "As I walked over the loose fragments of stone, I recurred, by a natural association of ideas, to the...
2) The Italian
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The Italian (1797) is a novel by Ann Radcliffe. Radcliffe's final novel is a tragic story of romance and mystery set in Naples during the brutal years of the Holy Inquisition. Published in the aftermath of the French Revolution, the novel investigates the issues of religion and class that had inspired the Republican cause, changing Europe and the world forever. Considered an essential work of Gothic fiction, The Italian is an early example of her...
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Ann Radcliffe's orphaned heroine Emily St. Aubert finds herself imprisoned in her evil guardian Count Montoni's gloomy medieval fortress in the remote Apennines. Terror is the order of the day inside the walls of Udolpho, as Emily struggles against Montoni's rapacious schemes and the threat of her own psychological disintegration. A best-seller in its day and a potent influence on Sade, Poe, and other purveyors of eighteenth and nineteenth-century...
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The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne (1789) is a novel by Ann Radcliffe. Published anonymously, Radcliffe's debut novel is a tragic story of love and murder set in the sublime landscape of the Scottish Highlands. Considered an essential work of Gothic fiction, The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne is an early example of her prowess as a leading novelist of suspense and the supernatural. "This pile was venerable from its antiquity, and from its Gothic structure;...
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Set against the backdrop of the Inquisition, this Gothic romance from British novelist Ann Radcliffe is sure to please fans of the genre. Protagonists Vincentio di Vivaldi and Ellena di Rosalba fall in love at first sight and attempt to escape the siege of religious persecution and marry. Will they succeed, or will their romance fall prey to the hysteria and senseless destruction that defines the era?
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"¿Creéis que vuestro corazón está tan endurecido que podréis ver sin emocionaros los sufrimientos a los que me condenaríais?"
Una novela gótica impregnada del terror que despierta la lucha entre la superstición y la racionalidad. El escenario de esta lucha es el espeluznante castillo Udolfo donde Emily Aubert, nuestra heroína romántica que tras haberse quedado huérfana al haber muerto su padre habrá de enfrentarse además a una suerte...
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A timeless gothic romance of mystery, danger, and suspense. This horror classic examines the tensions between hedonism and honour through Ann Radcliffe's masterfully atmospheric prose.
First published in 1791, this captivating novel is set against the background of the isolated French countryside while the shadow of the country's ongoing revolution looms. When virtuous Adeline is forced to seek refuge in the depths of the forest with Monsieur Pierre...
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What if the key to your freedom lay hidden behind a locked door only nightmares dare open?
This fresh, fast-moving translation distills Ann Radcliffe's landmark 1794 masterpiece into elegant modern prose without sacrificing its Gothic grandeur. Travel with Emily through rose-scented valleys, bandit-infested mountains, and candle-lit corridors as she battles sinister schemes and her own imagination.
What You'll Discover Inside:
• A Blueprint...
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Francia, anno 1584. La giovane Emily St. Aubert, orfana di entrambi i genitori, viene rinchiusa dalla zia Madame Cheron e dal perverso zio Montoni nell'oscuro castello di Udolfo, sugli Appennini francesi.
Da subito nel castello inizieranno a verificarsi tutta una serie di avvenimenti strani e agghiaccianti, che porteranno Emily a una convulsa corsa contro il tempo per riconquistare la propria libertà.
Considerato tra i precursori del romanzo gotico,...
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The Gothic Terror MEGAPACK™ presents 17 tales from the early and late Gothic periods, drawn from both the English and American Gothic movements. Here you will find murder, insanity, scandal, obsession, secrets, and gloom...and even the occasional ghost. Included are:
A Chapter in the History of the Tyrone Family, by J. Sheridan LeFanu
Jack Long; or The Shot in the Eye, by Charles Wilkins Webber
Master Sacristan Eberhart, by Sabine Baring-Gould
Curious...
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An unparalleled example of Gothic romance, Radcliffe's novel portrays the multitude of misfortunes heaped upon the admirable French heroine, Emily St. Aubert. Losing first her mother, then her beloved father, the orphaned Emily must be separated from her newfound love Valancourt to live with her aunt and new guardian, Madame Cheron. Emily then faces the evil machinations of her aunt's husband, the Italian brigand Signor Montoni, who imprisons the...
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A Gothic novel by Ann Radcliffe, "A Sicilian Romance" was published anonymously in 1790.The plot revolves around the turbulent history of the fallen aristocrats of the house of Mazzini who lived in a castle on the northern shore of Sicily. The tale is told by a tourist who becomes intrigued by stories he hears from a monk he runs into while exploring the ruins of the old castle.The story itself is set in the late 1500s with the main characters being...
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A Gothic Thriller With Plenty of Chills. 'Do you believe your heart to be, indeed, so hardened, that you can look without emotion on the suffering to which you would condemn me?' The Mysteries of Udolpho is Ann Radcliffe's fourth and most popular novel. It follows the misadventures of Emily St. Aubert, who survives her father's death to find herself held in the supernatural castle of Udolpho, as captive of an Italian brigand.
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In Regency London's glittering ballrooms, a well-made match can mean the difference between power and ruin.
London, 1813. With his reputation and inheritance on the line, Lord Percy is determined to win the heart of the coveted diamond of the season. When that beautiful woman vanishes, his failure seems all but certain. Unless, that is, he can find her.
Lady Grace is devastated when her best friend disappears. Society may be willing to believe the...
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A disgraced noble. A scandalous widow. A poisoned prince.
When a foreign prince collapses at an English court function, suspicion falls on Lord Peregrine Fitzroy-the estranged son of a notorious traitor, and the man who knows all too well the effects of henbane especially since it's the same poison his mother once used in a crime that nearly cost Lady Charity Cresswell everything.
Now a widow and lady-in-waiting to the Queen, Charity has clawed her...
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A stolen code, a locked-down Pavilion, and a love on the line-Regency Brighton's season of secrets is just beginning.
Brighton, 1813. The upper class departs London's bustling streets for the serene seaside elegance of the Royal Pavilion. A summer of relaxation and romance beckons, especially for Lord Roland Percy and Lady Grace Tilbury.
Yet, tranquillity is shattered when a key military advisor is found murdered and his secret military codes stolen,...
18) The Ruby Dagger
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Deadly intrigue meets royal expectations when murder comes for the crown.
London, 1813. In the gilded corridors of St. James's Palace, Lord Percy and Lady Grace face a mystery that could shake the throne itself. A murder and audacious theft of the Prince Regent's new ruby dagger thrusts them back into a web of deception and treachery.
Tarnished by his past behavior, Lord Percy is focused on regaining favor with the ton. When the queen demands he deliver...
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"If beautiful, orphaned Emily St. Aubert is to resist the predatory demands of her new guardian, the inscrutable Signor Montoni, she must quell the superstitious imaginings that pervade her mind. Within the sombre walls of Montoni's medieval castle the boundaries of real and imagined terrors are blurred as Emily is drawn into a Gothic web of mystery and intrigue which threaten her not only with the loss of inheritance but also identity."--Jacket.
20) 50 Classic Gothic Works Volume 1: Dracula, Frankenstein, The Black Cat, The Picture Of Dorian Gray…
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Included: 1. The Castle of Otranto - Horace Walpole 2. The History of Caliph Vathek - William Beckford 3. The Mysteries of Udolpho - Ann Radcliffe 4. Caleb Williams - William Godwin 5. Wieland: or, The Transformation - Charles Brockden Brown 6. Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen 7. Frankenstein - Mary Shelley 8. Melmoth the Wanderer (Lock and Key Version) - Charles Robert Maturin 9. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Washington Irving 10. The Private Memoirs...