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The Romance of the Forest

The Romance of the Forest( )
Author: Radcliffe, Ann
Introduction by: Milicia, Joe
Series title:Barnes and Noble Digital Library
ISBN:978-1-4114-6666-1
Publication Date:Mar 2012
Publisher:Barnes & Noble, Incorporated
Book Format:Ebook
List Price:USD $3.99
Book Description:

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.   The Romance of the Forest evokes a world drenched in both horror and natural splendor, beset with abductions and imprisonments, and centered upon the frequently terrified but still resourceful and determined heroine Adeline. The Gothic Romance stands perfectly poised between the eighteenth century and the oncoming Age of Romanticism, offering moral...
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Pages:416
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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