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Format: Quality Paperback
Publisher: Valancourt Books
Published: Jul 2006
Genre: Fiction - Literary
Retail Price: $12.95
Pages: 448
In 'The Italian' (1797), Ann Radcliffe pits a scheming noblewoman and a ruthless monk against young lovers trying to bridge seemingly insurmountable class differences. The scenes of sublime nature, mysterious groans, corrupt ecclesiastics, isolated fortifications, and Inquisitorial torture reveal eighteenth-century Gothic fiction at its finest. 'The Italian' stands as the final and darkest work of England's most successful Gothic novelist, and it presents Radcliffe at the peak of her literary skills.
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