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Sinossi
Considerato l'archetipo del romanzo gotico, "I misteri di Udolpho" fu pubblicato nel 1794, anno dell'ascesa e della caduta di Robespierre. Sull'apparente struttura del racconto di formazione femminile, Ann Radcliffe modella un percorso attraverso gli spazi sublimi del terrore, nei quali l'eroina si smarrisce in una vertigine noir che la conduce oltre i limiti della ragione e della natura. Nella Francia del 1584 la giovane e sensibile Emily St. Aubert, rimasta orfana di entrambi i genitori, viene rinchiusa dalla zia Madame Cheron e dal suo compagno, il perverso zio Montoni, nel tenebroso castello di Udolpho, sugli Appennini. Solo dopo una convulsa serie di avvenimenti agghiaccianti Emily riesce a riacquistare la libertà e a ricongiungersi con il suo innamorato, Valancourt. L'introduzione al romanzo di Viola Papetti, oltre a definire il genere gotico, racconta come la "debole mano" di Ann Radcliffe sia riuscita a trasfigurare il castello di Udolpho in una perfetta e animata macchina del terrore.
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- Pagine: 1029
- Data di uscita: 17-02-2010
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This mammoth, prolix book--the first wildly popular gothic novel--is indifferently written, poorly planned, and inconsistent in purpose and tone. Radcliffe's style is irritating, filled with continual redundancies, superfluous commas and dialogue that is often stilted and improbable. The plot doesn' Leggi tutto
I rarely read the same author back-to-back, but after devouring A Sicilian Romance and The Romance of the Forest I haven't wanted a break from Ann Radcliffe. Her writing is breezy and enthralling—uncommon for 18th century literature. Perfect for the 2020 bookshelf, when there's no better distraction Leggi tutto
“A well-informed mind is the best security against the contagion of folly and vice. The vacant mind is ever on the watch for relief, and ready to plunge into error, to escape from the languor of idleness. Store it with ideas, teach it the pleasure of thinking; and the temptations of the world withou Leggi tutto
Emily St. Aubert has it all, loving parents a nice little charming estate she lives on in southern France, Anno Domini 1584. The young gentlewoman adores walking around her father's land looking at the nearby exotic Pyrenees Mountains, watching the calm Garonne River flow by hearing it making soft n Leggi tutto
If I could describe this book using only two words, they would be verbose and melancholy! Ann Radcliffe’s writing is breathtaking and enchanting! At first I was swept away by the lyricism of each scene, but after a while the repetition and continuation of these long descriptions started to take me o Leggi tutto
"'You speak like a heroine,' said Montoni, contemptuously; 'we shall see if you can suffer like one.'" And if all the sentences in this book were half as good as that one, we'd be looking at a five-star book here, but sadly the rest of it is just hella boring. You might be reading a lame book if you Leggi tutto
I'm reading this book again to get back in touch with some of the early English gothic novels. I'm struck, in these early pages, by the extreme romanticization and lush description of nature. The natural world has a sort of earthy goodness that draws Emily and her father in. By contrast, the charact Leggi tutto
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