by Ann Radcliffe
This is the story about how Emily St Aubert, a modest young woman of good character, overcomes her high principles and decides that maybe her legal guardian is not correct in locking her and her aunt up in his remote Italian castle in order to obtain possession of their estates. Of stalkers suitors ...
Even though this was a book that I had wanted to read for sometime, I struggled with it. While reading the book, I found that I really couldn't keep my interest with the book and found it to be a bit of a chore, even though at times I could get myself engrossed with the story. I found it to be som...
bookshelves: skoolzy-stuff, published-1794, gothic, gutenberg-project, e-book, summer-2014, classic, boo-scary Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: FutureLearn Recommended for: Laura, Jemidar etc Read from June 26 to 30, 2014 Read here Fate sits on these dark battlements, and frowns,And, as the portals ...
What a treat this is! The Mysteries of Udolpho, another Gothic novel, follows the trials and tribulations of Emily, a young woman who loses her family, her home and her lover through a concatenation of unfortunate events that brings her eventually to Castle Udolpho, a dark and vicious place ruled ov...
I'm reading an abridged version of The Mysteries of Udolpho, having been warned that it's unnecessarily long (and poorly written); but I think I'll have to switch to the unabridged version. My abridged version chopped out so much content that I have no idea how Emily got into Montoni's castle and wo...
I read this book because it was mentioned in both Northanger Abbey (which I read in October) and in Uncle Silas (which I just finished reading). My understanding is that it is one of the quintessential gothic novels and is the originator of what has become quite formulaic. There is much debate ab...
It started out halfway decently, but by the end of the first half, I discovered that nothing was good about this book, so I quit reading it. If there was a little more spunk from Emily and a lot more suspense, I probably could have continued to read it, but due to the sore lack of those elements, it...
And just when you least expect it...PIRATES!!
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