by Ann Radcliffe · Oxford Paperbacks · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780192815026
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«The Mysteries of Udolpho» is Ann Radcliffe's Gothic novel, published by Oxford Paperbacks in paperback (694 pages, in English).
The story follows young Emily St. Aubert, who after being orphaned is confined to the castle of Udolpho by her guardian, where she must resist his machinations and the visions that torment her. The narrative unfolds between the forests of Gascony and the Apennines, combining suspense, romance and supernatural elements in the setting of a medieval fortress.
It belongs to The World's Classics collection from Oxford University Press. Work originally published in 1794, edited by Bonamy Dobrée with notes by Frederick Garber.
Recommended for readers of classics and Gothic fiction seeking one of the genre's foundational works and a reference point for eighteenth-century horror fiction.
Ann Radcliffe was an English novelist and poet who pioneered the Gothic novel. Her fourth and most popular novel, The Mysteries of Udolpho, was published in 1794. She is also remembered for her third novel, The Romance of the Forest (1791) and her fifth novel, The Italian (1797). Her novels combine suspenseful narratives, exotic historical settings, and apparently-supernatural events.
