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Sicilian Romance
Sicilian Romance | Ann Radcliffe
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In A Sicilian Romance (1790) Ann 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. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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swynn
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Sicilian Romance | Ann Radcliffe
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(1790) Ear-read during a long drive, this is Radcliffe's second novel and packed full of Gothic tropes: an exotic location (Sicily! Land of hot-blooded lovers!); a large sprawling mansion with decaying disused maybe-haunted rooms where mysterious lights appear; secret passages, family scandals, star-crossed love, and lots of fainting and almost-fainting and bursting into tears. It's a lot of muchness, but it was a welcome traveling companion

Ruthiella I‘ve only read The Mysteries of Udolpho, but the heroine in that one cries and faints in every chapter, it felt like. 😂😭 4mo
swynn @Ruthiella I haven't read Udolpho yet, but ... yeah ... 4mo
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A Sicilian Romance | Ann Radcliffe
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Blueberry @Eggs story to tell the grandkids.... yes, in the time of covid we read soooo many books...because there was soooo little else to do. 5y
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A Sicilian Romance | Ann Radcliffe
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This book is a Caldecott medal winner. The illustrations are awesome and the storyline is great! I would definitely recommend this book to anyone.

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Sammie
A Sicilian Romance | Ann Radcliffe
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Written in 1790, this book has surprisingly free female characters. Most of the time wen couldn't act without male presence, but did a few times. Female desire was regarded highly and the book was very anti-parental forced marriages.

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