![]() Aubert, who finds herself separated from the man she loves and confined within the medieval castle of her aunt's new husband, Montoni, after being forced to travel through France and Italy. ![]() The Mysteries of Udolpho, set in Europe in the year 1584, is the story of orphan Emily St. In The Mysteries of Udolpho, one of the most famous and popular gothic novels of the eighteenth century, Ann Radcliffe took a new tack from her predecessors and portrayed her heroine's inner life, creating an atmosphere thick with fear, and providing a gripping plot that continues to thrill readers today. ![]() LibriVox recording of The Mysteries of Udolpho, by Ann Radcliffe.Ĭonsidered a change agent in early Gothic romance oft-referenced in later literary works or paid homage to by such authors as Jane Austen (influential novel ready by her heroine, Catherine Morland, in Northanger Abbey) Edgar Allen Poe (borrowed plot elements for the short story The Oval Portrait) and Sir Walter Scott. ![]()
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