A Sicilian Romance

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Author:

Radcliffe, Ann

ISBN:

978-1-4905-9583-2

Publication Date:

Jul 2013

Publisher:

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Book Format:

Paperback

List Price:

USD $6.90

Book Description:

A Sicilian Romance is a gothic novel by Ann Radcliffe. It was her second published work, and was first published anonymously in 1790. The plot concerns the fallen nobility of the house of Mazzini, on the northern shore of Sicily, as related by a tourist who learns of their turbulent history from a monk he meets at the ruins of their once-magnificent castle.

Book Details

Pages:	124
Detailed Subjects:	Fiction / Gothic
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	6 x 9 x 0.28 Inches
Book Weight:	0.53 Pounds

Author Biography

Radcliffe, Ann (Author)

Ann Radcliffe was born Ann Ward in England on July 9, 1764. She was the only child of William Ward and Anne Oates Ward. In 1788 she married William Radcliffe. They had no children.

Ann published The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne in 1789. Other works include A Sicilian Romance, The Romance of the Forest, The Mysteries of Udolpho, and The Italian. She found much success with The Romance of the Forest and it established her as a Gothic novelist. Her later novels influenced other authors including Jane Austen, Sir Walter Scott, and Mary Wollstonecraft.

She died on February 7, 1823 from respiratory problems.

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