The Tale of Terror: A Study of the Gothic RomanceConstable Limited, 1921 - 241 A history of the 'thriller' from myth and folk-tale through Walpole and Mrs Radcliffe to Poe and Le Fanu. |
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... Emily's guardian , Montoni , in The Mysteries of Udolpho , like the unscrupulous uncle in Godwin's Cloudesley , may well have been descended from the wicked uncle of the folk tale . The cruel stepmother is disguised as a haughty ...
... Emily's guardian , Montoni , in The Mysteries of Udolpho , like the unscrupulous uncle in Godwin's Cloudesley , may well have been descended from the wicked uncle of the folk tale . The cruel stepmother is disguised as a haughty ...
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... Emily's approach to Udolpho . When Count Fathom takes refuge in a robber's hut , he discovers in his room , which has no bolt on the inside of the door , the body of a recently murdered man , concealed beneath some bundles of straw ...
... Emily's approach to Udolpho . When Count Fathom takes refuge in a robber's hut , he discovers in his room , which has no bolt on the inside of the door , the body of a recently murdered man , concealed beneath some bundles of straw ...
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... Emily and Ellena in The Mysteries of Udolpho and The Italian . The lachrymose maiden in The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne , who can assume at need an air of offended dignity , " is a preliminary sketch of Julia , Emily and Ellena in ...
... Emily and Ellena in The Mysteries of Udolpho and The Italian . The lachrymose maiden in The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne , who can assume at need an air of offended dignity , " is a preliminary sketch of Julia , Emily and Ellena in ...
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... overlook the obvious in searching for the subtle , that the girl who feels these recondite emotions expresses slight embarrassment when unceremoniously flung on the protection of strangers . Emily , in The Mysteries of 46 THE TALE OF ...
... overlook the obvious in searching for the subtle , that the girl who feels these recondite emotions expresses slight embarrassment when unceremoniously flung on the protection of strangers . Emily , in The Mysteries of 46 THE TALE OF ...
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... Emily and her dying father through the Apennines , with only faint suggestions of excitement to come . The second volume plunges us in medias res . The aunt , to whose care Emily is entrusted , has im- prudently married a tempestuous ...
... Emily and her dying father through the Apennines , with only faint suggestions of excitement to come . The second volume plunges us in medias res . The aunt , to whose care Emily is entrusted , has im- prudently married a tempestuous ...
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