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The Romance of the Forest Ann Radcliffe

The Romance of the Forest By Ann Radcliffe

The Romance of the Forest by Ann Radcliffe


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This Gothic mystery was Mrs Radcliffe's first novel and was considered by contemporary critics to be her finest.

The Romance of the Forest Summary

The Romance of the Forest by Ann Radcliffe

The Romance of the Forest (1791) heralded an enormous surge in the popularity of Gothic novels, in a decade that included Ann Radcliffe's later works, The Mysteries of Udolpho and The Italian. Set in Roman Catholic Europe of violent passions and extreme oppression, the novel follows the fate of its heroine Adeline, who is mysteriously placed under the protection of a family fleeing Paris for debt. They take refuge in a ruined abbey in south-eastern France, where sinister relics of the past - a skeleton, a manuscript, and a rusty dagger - are discovered in concealed rooms. Adeline finds herself at the mercy of the abbey's proprietor, a libidinous Marquis whose attentions finally force her to contemplate escape to distant regions. Rich in allusions to aesthetic theory and to travel literature, The Romance of the Forest is also concerned with current philosophical debate and examines systems of thought central to the intellectual life of late eighteenth-century Europe.

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GOR001159983
9780192837134
0192837133
The Romance of the Forest by Ann Radcliffe
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Oxford University Press
19990218
429
N/A
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