The Mysteries of Udolpho

Name: The Mysteries of Udolpho
Author: Ann Ward Radcliffe

by Ann Ward Radcliffe

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Project Gutenberg

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Karalee Coleman and David Widger Updated: 2022-12-01.

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2002-06-01

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Public domain in the USA.

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Orphans -- Fiction Horror tales Inheritance and succession -- Fiction Young women -- Fiction Gothic fiction Guardian and ward -- Fiction Castles -- Fiction Italy -- Fiction

About the author

Ann Ward Radcliffe

1764–1823

Best known for shaping the Gothic novel, this English writer filled her stories with ruined castles, dark landscapes, and slow-building suspense. Her novels were wildly popular in the late 18th century and helped define the kind of eerie fiction that influenced generations of writers.

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