{"product_id":"the-mysteries-of-udolpho-9780140437591","title":"The Mysteries of Udolpho","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith its insightful portrayals of her protagonist's inner life, Ann Radcliffe's \u003ci\u003eThe Mysteries of Udolpho \u003c\/i\u003ewas a hugely influential work of early Gothic horror. This Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction and notes by Jacqueline Howard. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEmily St Aubert lives with her loving, enlightened parents in exquisitely happy rural isolation. But when she is tragically orphaned, the beautiful young woman is thrown on the mercy of her heartless aunt's sinister new husband. The villainous Signor Montoni has designs upon his wife's fortune, and that of her niece, and imprisons them in the gloomy medieval castle Udolpho. Separated from her beloved Valancourt, Emily must cope with torments of wild imaginings and terrors, as ghostly omens and attempts upon her virtue and life threaten to overwhelm her. One of the most popular novels of its time, \u003ci\u003eThe Mysteries of Udolpho\u003c\/i\u003e continues to grip readers with its vivid characters, its sublime Alpine settings and its dramatic sense of suspense and danger. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her introduction, Jacqueline Howard discusses the novel's huge success when it was first published, its place as a groundbreaking work of the Gothic genre, and Radcliffe's imaginative use of history, poetry, landscape and the supernatural. This edition also includes further reading, a chronology, and notes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnn Radcliffe (1764-1823) was the leading exponent of Gothic fiction. During her lifetime she published five novels including \u003ci\u003eA Sicilian Romance\u003c\/i\u003e (1790), \u003ci\u003eThe Mysteries of Udolpho\u003c\/i\u003e (1794) and \u003ci\u003eThe Italian\u003c\/i\u003e (1797), as well as a collection of European travel writings. Her novels were immensely popular, and much imitated. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e If you enjoyed \u003ci\u003eThe Mysteries of Udolpho\u003c\/i\u003e, you might like Edgar Allen Poe's \u003ci\u003eThe Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in Penguin Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140437591\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.07w x 1.18d","brand":"Ann Radcliffe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43111996063925,"sku":"9780140437591","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_7f7943b8-4db1-42b8-8f83-3bdfea6a9ecf.jpg?v=1693926400","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-mysteries-of-udolpho-9780140437591","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}