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A Sicilian Romance
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Paperback Oxford Worlds Classics English
By (author) Ann Radcliffe , Edited by Alison Milbank


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 nove, and the idol of the Romantics.

This early novel explores the cavernous landscapes and labyrinthine passages of Sicilys castles and covents 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 fathers 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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Product details

Format Paperback | 256 pages
Dimensions 128 x 196 x 13mm | 184g
Publication date 15 Dec 2008
Publisher Oxford University Press
Publication City/Country Oxford, United Kingdom
Language English
ISBN10 0199537399
ISBN13 9780199537396
Bestsellers rank 57,998