Ann Radcliffe

Broschiertes Buch

The Mysteries of Udolpho

Beschreibung

Emily 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.

Autor

Ann Radcliffe (1764-1823) was the leading exponent of Gothic fiction. During her lifetime she published five novels including A Sicilian Romance (1790), The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794) and The Italian (1797), as well as a collection of European travel writings. Her novels were immensely popular and much imitated. Jacqueline Howard is Co-ordinator of English and Languages at St. Mary's College in Adelaide, South Australia, and author of 'Reading Gothic Fiction: A Bakhtinian Approach'.

Produktdetails

• Penguin Classics
• Verlag: Penguin Books UK
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 41573
• Seitenzahl: 704
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. April 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 199mm x 129mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 478g
• ISBN-13: 9780140437591
• ISBN-10: 0140437592
• Artikelnr.: 21719318