{"product_id":"the-mysteries-of-udolpho-ann-ward-radcliffe-9781535074285","title":"The Mysteries of Udolpho","description":"The Mysteries of Udolpho is a quintessential Gothic romance, replete with incidents of physical and psychological terror; remote, crumbling castles; seemingly supernatural events; a brooding, scheming villain; and a persecuted heroine. Modern editors point out that only about one-third of the novel is set in the eponymous Gothic castle, and that the tone and style vary markedly between sections of the work. Radcliffe also added extensive descriptions of exotic landscapes in the Pyrenees and Apennines, and of Venice, none of which she visited and for details of which she relied on contemporary travel books, leading to the introduction of several anachronisms. Set in 1584 in southern France and northern Italy, the novel focuses on the plight of Emily St. Aubert, a young French woman who is orphaned after the death of her father. Emily suffers imprisonment in the castle Udolpho at the hands of Signor Montoni, an Italian brigand who has married her aunt and guardian Madame Cheron. Emily's romance with the dashing Valancourt is frustrated by Montoni and others. Emily also investigates the mysterious relationship between her father and the Marchioness de Villeroi, and its connection to the castle at Udolpho.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ann Ward Radcliffe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1535074280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781535074285\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/03\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 758\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 1.51d","brand":"Ann Ward Radcliffe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44616677228799,"sku":"9781535074285","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c2095117-e840-4cdb-8465-545d021bd0e6.jpg?v=1703021674","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-mysteries-of-udolpho-ann-ward-radcliffe-9781535074285","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}