{"product_id":"the-mysteries-of-udolpho","title":"The Mysteries of Udolpho","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Her present life appeared like the dream of a distempered imagination, or like one of those frightful fictions, in which the wild genius of the poets sometimes delighted. Reflections brought only regret, and anticipation terror.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSuch is the state of mind in which Emily St. Aubuert - the orphaned heroine of Ann Radcliffe's 1794 gothic classic, \u003cem\u003eThe Mysteries of Udolpho\u003c\/em\u003e - finds herself after Count Montoni, her evil guardian, imprisions her in his gloomy medieval fortress in the Appenines. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTerror is the order of the day inside the walls of Udolpho, as Emily struggles against Montoni's rapacious schemes and the threat of her own psychological disintegration. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA best-seller in its day and a potent influence on Walpole, Poe, and other writers of eighteenth and nineteenth-century Gothic horror, \u003cem\u003eThe Mysteries of Udolpho\u003c\/em\u003e remains one of the most important works in the history of European fiction. As the same time, with its dream-like plot and hallucinatory rendering of its characters' psychological states, it often seems strangely modern: `permanently avant-garde' in Terry Castle's words, and a profound and fascinating challenge to contemporary readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ann Radcliffe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54510566211923,"sku":"9780199537419","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1071\/6997\/2563\/files\/9780199537419.jpg?v=1786384102","url":"https:\/\/www.vanitaspress.co.uk\/products\/the-mysteries-of-udolpho","provider":"Vanitas Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}