A Sicilian romance
by Ann Radcliffe
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In A Sicilian Romance (1790) Radcliffe began to forge the unique mixture of the psychology of terror and poetic description that would make her the great exemplar of the Gothic novel, and the idol of the Romantics.
This early novel explores the cavernous landscapes and labyrinthine passages of Sicily's castles and convents to reveal the shameful secrets of its all-powerful aristocracy. Julia and Emilia Mazzini live secluded in an ancient mansion near the straits of Messina. After their father's return to the island a neglected part of the house is haunted by a series of mysterious sights and sounds.
The origin of these hauntings is only discovered after a series of breathless pursuits through dreamlike pastoral landscapes. When revelation finally comes, it forces the heroines to challenge the united forces of religious and patriarchal authority.
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A Sicilian Romance
June 30, 2004, Kessinger Publishing
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1419103326 9781419103322
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A Sicilian Romance: 1792 (Revolution and Romanticism)
August 1996, Cassell Academic
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A Sicilian romance.: Foreword by Howard Mumford Jones. Introd. by Devendra P. Varma.
1972, Arno Press
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A Sicilian romance.
1795, Printed for Henry and Patrick Rice, and James Rice and Co. Baltimore.
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A Sicilian romance.: By the authoress of The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne. In two volumes. ...
1792, printed for T. Hookham
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A Sicilian romance: By the authoress of the castles of Athlin and Dunbayne. In two volumes. ...
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