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- Beautifully illustrated with atmospheric paintings and some of the delightful sketches that accompanied early editions, The Mysteries of Udolpho is a quintessential Gothic romance featuring supernatural occurrences, a foreboding castle, a persecuted heroine, and physical and psychological terror. - It was the fourth and most successful of Radcliffe's novels and, despite being first published over two centuries ago, it remains just as gripping for today's modern readers as it would have been all those years ago. - This meticulous edition from Heritage Illustrated Publishing is a faithful reproduction of the original text.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published (August 13, 2019)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 229 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1686159579
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1686159572
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.58 x 9 inches
Reviewer: Laurel Tredinnick
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Classic Read
Review: If you like classic literature, this book is a great read. I discovered the author through another timeless classic I was reading; this book was referenced, so I downloaded it to my Kindle and am enjoying it tremendously. Set in late 1700's Europe, the scenery descriptions are breathtaking and detailed. The characters are timeless and range from noble, admirable individuals to scheming, dark individuals who make life difficult to unbearable. The details of the Castle Udolpho are intriguing and make the reader feel almost as though they are there.I am very happy to have discovered this author and rather surprised I had not heard of her previously. I definitely will be downloading some of her other works in the future.

Reviewer: Amanda
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Worthwhile read
Review: Although it is very wordy (and lacking the lines of promised poetry...Amazon's fault?), it is a wonderful depiction of true gothic romance. If you enjoy 'Northanger Abbey' by Jane Austen, you will feel just like Catherine Morland as you read this!

Reviewer: James A. Glazier
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Interesting Historical Curiosity
Review: English romantic novels have a justifiably poor reputation as literature, which Udolpho confirms. The style is turgid and repetitive, and the plot ridiculous and slow-moving. Radcliffe has a limited vocabulary, using the word "sublime" as a repeated mantra, which makes the endless descriptions of ennobling mountain landscapes a slog to read. On the positive side, though Udolpho isn't ahead of its time, it is progressive. It deals very seriously with the rationalist's crises of faith, with the ethical dilemmas facing someone trying to lead a just life, with the need to face mortality, with religious tolerance, and with the social constraints placed on women. It is also scientific and rationalist, as well as romantic (following Goethe): just as Jane Austen ridiculed the Gothic, Radcliffe ridicules spiritualism: every supernatural appearance has a mundane reality behind it. Udolfpho is remembered today only because Jane Austen criticized it in Northanger Abbey, but for anyone interested in English romanticism or the cultural history of the late 18th Century, it is worth reading.

Reviewer: Teri Kindle Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Wonderful Intriguing Mystery!
Review: The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe is a wonderful intriguing mystery. I enjoyed it very much; and, will read and/or listen to it again! Alison’s narration was very, very good! I had a hard time putting it down. I also loved the poetry in-between chapters; because it is really nice. I recommend this enjoyable read to others.

Reviewer: Loud and opinionated
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: This edition is clearly pirated
Review: The first 3 pages had so many errors in English & so many anachronisms that it swiftly became clear that this version is a Google translation from a version of Mysteries of Udolpho sold in another language. It’s very bad practice for Amazon to sell pirated texts on this website & still worse practice to pirate a translator’s hard work.

Reviewer: Wim van Dorst
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A milestone book in English literature
Review: Udolpho is a must-read for everyone remotely interested in English literature. It belongs to the early startup of the Romantic novels, where mrs Radcliffe set an example for later famous writers as Austen (note her Northanger Abbey) and her contemporaries. The story itself is well built, with pleasantly reading language. Yet it is so thrilling that it commands your attention until the last pages: A true gothic novel.

Reviewer: Carol
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Damsel In Distress
Review: As a Jane Austen fan I had looked for the 'Mysteries of Udolpho' for years. I was so pleased to find a version of this very old novel for my Kindle. The writing style is great, taking you right into the action. The description of scenery is wonderful too. The plot devices are a little heavy handed though. Would a man suffering from a serious disease take a pleasure trip through rugged terrain exposing his beloved daughter to every peril? He would if the author wanted to make the heroine a damsel in distress.I give this novel four stars for it's historical research value and it's writing style. But to be honest, I have yet to finish the book. Things are so thickly broadcasted that I already know the ending. Still if you are a Jane Austen fan you just have to get this, right?

Reviewer: Joshua Valin
Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The "Twilight" of the 18th Century (Not a Compliment)
Review: It took me about three weeks to read this novel in its entirety, and those three weeks were generally very long ones. I am a big fan of the gothic literary genre, and but I am not in any way whatsoever a fan of Anne Ward Radcliffe’s technique for explaining the supernatural out of the supernatural. Moreover, I felt no connection to any of the various characters in The Mysteries of Udolpho. Some say the best features of Radcliffe’s six novels are her romantic descriptions of natural landscapes, but I found it rather annoying that Radcliffe herself had never personally glimpsed any of the French and Italian vistas she spends so many pages describing in Udolpho. Moreover, all those descriptions could have been neatly trimmed to make the novel shorter and more succinct. As it is, you the reader will spend a long time traveling through woods and mountains about which the author had only herself read in contemporary travel pieces. Emily St. Aubert’s characterization is impossible to relate to today. Contemporary notions of moral purity and chastity are upheld, and are so contrary to our modern ideas regarding the true nature of human thoughts and desires, that I imagine not even little girls today will be able to relate well to how Emily feels and acts.The characterization of her lover Valancourt may be even worse. Excessive sentimentality on his part will make you the reader laugh aloud to consider how some in the 18th century would cherish such melodrama from the lips and hearts of grown men, inexperienced or not. The most interesting aspect of Valancourt may be that he spent some time gaming it up in Paris, but then returns to his beloved Emily to lament his ‘vicious wrongdoings.’This novel could have used more vice, and the most vicious character of all does not make for a truly interesting villain. Montoni’s castle is far more intriguing than Signor Montoni himself, who is rather one-dimensional.Two years after Udolpho was published, came Matthew Gregory Lewis’ Ambrosio, or the Monk: A Romance. That is a novel which I highly recommend to those curious to find excellent 18th century gothic fiction. That novel is full of the supernatural horror that Radcliffe’s explanations of terror fail to provoke.

Reviewer: Carlos Alejandro Gálvez Cabrera
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Es una edición bien maquetada, con las ilustraciones pequeñas pero bien definidas. Lo único que lamento es que la poesía de la obra se pierde, aún así no afecta la experiencia.

Reviewer: Lachu
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Good work

Reviewer: Jackie Smith
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: I’m sure this book is great but there’s no way I’ll be able to read it. Publisher has condensed a 600+ page book into 200 pages. Illustrations are teeny black and white photos that look nothing like the cover promises.Would return but would be a waste of time and more money. Buy a more expensive, well formatted copy is my advice.

Reviewer: RUTA MARIA LELIUNAS
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Radcliffe alle origini del romanticismo con i suoi romanzi oscuri e intricati. una maestra un poco out of fashion ma sempre indispensabile

Reviewer: Leila de Carvalho e Gonçalves
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: A escritora inglesa Ann Radcliffe (1764-1823) é considerada a pioneira do romance gótico na literatura e sua obra prima, "The Mysteries of Udolpho", foi publicado em quatro volumes em 1794.Ambientada no final do século XVI, sua história gira em torno de uma órfã, Emily St. Aubert, que é obrigada a ir morar com os tios num isolado castelo medieval. Separada do homem que ama, ela tem de enfrentar os maus tratos do casal além das investidas de um pretendente indesejado e, fragilizada, o medo passa a dominá-la.Radcliffe era uma pessoa dominada razão, não acreditava no sobrenatural e todos os acontecimentos misteriosos exibidos no livro possuem um explicação lógica. Hoje em dia, essas situações chegam a revelar uma certa ingenuidade, inclusive, já foram exaustivamente exploradas pelo gênero. Porém, basta reportar ao final do século XVIII, para compreender a comoção que causavam entre os leitores, indubitavelmente, deveriam provocar calafrios diante do crepitar do fogo de uma lareira e sob a luz bruxuleante das velas.Por sinal, esse tipo de romance possuía como público alvo não só os ricos, mas a ascendente classe média inglesa, sendo muito populares entre as mulheres que viam a escritora como um exemplo de sucesso numa sociedade dominada por homens. No entanto, é incorreto afirmar que Mrs. Radcliffe foi uma feminista extemporânea, em seus livros, ela jamais defendeu a igualdade da mulher.Finalmente, "The Mysteries of Udolpho" redimensiona a leitura do romance "Northanger Abbey", de Jane Austen. Nele, a escritora parodia os romances góticos e apresenta uma protagonista, Catherine Morland, tão ingênua e influenciável quanto Emily St. Aubert. Sem uma educação adequada, a jovem compreende o mundo à sua volta baseada nos livros que lê, prejudicando seu discernimento entre o que é ficção e realidade.Portanto, não só para quem se interessa pelo gênero gótico, mas também para os admiradores de Miss Austen, "The Mysteries of Udolpho" é uma impecável recomendação de leitura.