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| Genre/Form: | Gothic fiction Fiction |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Fiction |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Ann Ward Radcliffe; Chloe Chard |
| ISBN: | 0192837133 9780192837134 |
| OCLC Number: | 41474022 |
| Description: | xxx, 397 p. ; 19 cm. |
| Series Title: | Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press) |
| Responsibility: | Ann Radcliffe ; edited with an introduction by Chloe Chard. |
Abstract:
"Set in a 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." -- back cover.
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