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Book Synopsis A Sicilian Romance (Annotated) by : Ann Radcliffe
Download or read book A Sicilian Romance (Annotated) written by Ann Radcliffe and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-06-09 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ann Radcliff, was an English author, and pioneer of the gothic novel. Her works were extremely popular, especially with respectably sheltered young women who were starved for something a bit more exciting than needlepoint. Her works included The Sicilian Romance [1790], The Romance of the Forest [1791], The Mysteries of Udolpho [1794], and The Italian [1796] A Sicilian Romance was her second published work, and was first published anonymously in 1790. The plot concerns the fallen nobility of the house of Mazzini, on the northern shore of Sicily, as related by a tourist who learns of their turbulent history from a monk he meets at the ruins of their once-magnificent castle. The Mazzini sisters, Emilia and Julia are 'beautiful' young ladies with many talents. Julia quickly falls in love with the young and handsome Italian count Hippolitus de Vereza, but to her dismay her father decides that she should marry Duke de Luovo instead...
Book Synopsis A Sicilian Romance by : Ann Radcliffe
Download or read book A Sicilian Romance written by Ann Radcliffe and published by Sheba Blake Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2022-11-04 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Sicilian Romance is an early novel by one of the masters of Gothic fiction, Ann Radcliffe. Two young women live in an isolated mansion near the Straits of Messina. Mysterious sights and sounds begin haunting a neglected wing of the house, and their quest to discover the truth behind these mysteries leads them through the labyrinthine landscape of Sicily and into the darkest secrets of its aristocracy. As part of our mission to publish great works of literary fiction and nonfiction, Sheba Blake Publishing Corp. is extremely dedicated to bringing to the forefront the amazing works of long dead and truly talented authors.
Book Synopsis A Sicilian Romance by : A. N. N. ANN RADCLIFFE
Download or read book A Sicilian Romance written by A. N. N. ANN RADCLIFFE and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-02 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ANN RADCLIFFE
Book Synopsis A Sicilian Romance by : Ann Ward Radcliffe
Download or read book A Sicilian Romance written by Ann Ward Radcliffe and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the northern shore of Sicily are still to be seen the magnificent remains of a castle, which formerly belonged to the noble house of Mazzini. It stands in the centre of a small bay, and upon a gentle acclivity, which, on one side, slopes towards the sea, and on the other rises into an eminence crowned by dark woods. The situation is admirably beautiful and picturesque, and the ruins have an air of ancient grandeur, which, contrasted with the present solitude of the scene, impresses the traveller with awe and curiosity. During my travels abroad I visited this spot. As I walked over the loose fragments of stone, which lay scattered through the immense area of the fabrick, and surveyed the sublimity and grandeur of the ruins, I recurred, by a natural association of ideas, to the times when these walls stood proudly in their original splendour, when the halls were the scenes of hospitality and festive magnificence, and when they resounded with the voices of those whom death had long since swept from the earth. 'Thus,' said I, 'shall the present generation—he who now sinks in misery—and he who now swims in pleasure, alike pass away and be forgotten.' My heart swelled with the reflection; and, as I turned from the scene with a sigh, I fixed my eyes upon a friar, whose venerable figure, gently bending towards the earth, formed no uninteresting object in the picture. He observed my emotion; and, as my eye met his, shook his head and pointed to the ruin. 'These walls,' said he, 'were once the seat of luxury and vice. They exhibited a singular instance of the retribution of Heaven, and were from that period forsaken, and abandoned to decay.' His words excited my curiosity, and I enquired further concerning their meaning. 'A solemn history belongs to this castle, said he, 'which is too long and intricate for me to relate. It is, however, contained in a manuscript in our library, of which I could, perhaps, procure you a sight. A brother of our order, a descendant of the noble house of Mazzini, collected and recorded the most striking incidents relating to his family, and the history thus formed, he left as a legacy to our convent. If you please, we will walk thither.' I accompanied him to the convent, and the friar introduced me to his superior, a man of an intelligent mind and benevolent heart, with whom I passed some hours in interesting conversation. I believe my sentiments pleased him; for, by his indulgence, I was permitted to take abstracts of the history before me, which, with some further particulars obtained in conversation with the abate, I have arranged in the following pages.
Book Synopsis A Sicilian Romance by : Ann Radcliffe
Download or read book A Sicilian Romance written by Ann Radcliffe and published by . This book was released on 1792 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Sicilian Romance by : Ann Ward Radcliffe
Download or read book A Sicilian Romance written by Ann Ward Radcliffe and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the northern shore of Sicily are still to be seen the magnificent remains of a castle, which formerly belonged to the noble house of Mazzini. It stands in the centre of a small bay, and upon a gentle acclivity, which, on one side, slopes towards the sea, and on the other rises into an eminence crowned by dark woods. The situation is admirably beautiful and picturesque, and the ruins have an air of ancient grandeur, which, contrasted with the present solitude of the scene, impresses the traveller with awe and curiosity. During my travels abroad I visited this spot. As I walked over the loose fragments of stone, which lay scattered through the immense area of the fabrick, and surveyed the sublimity and grandeur of the ruins, I recurred, by a natural association of ideas, to the times when these walls stood proudly in their original splendour, when the halls were the scenes of hospitality and festive magnificence, and when they resounded with the voices of those whom death had long since swept from the earth. 'Thus,' said I, 'shall the present generation-he who now sinks in misery-and he who now swims in pleasure, alike pass away and be forgotten.'
Book Synopsis A Sicilian Romance by : Ann Ward Radcliffe
Download or read book A Sicilian Romance written by Ann Ward Radcliffe and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-09-19 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Book Synopsis The Last Refuge by : Henry Blake Fuller
Download or read book The Last Refuge written by Henry Blake Fuller and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Sicilian Romance Volume 1 of 2 (EasyRead Super Large 24pt Edition) by : Ann Radcliffe
Download or read book A Sicilian Romance Volume 1 of 2 (EasyRead Super Large 24pt Edition) written by Ann Radcliffe and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 1983 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Sicilian Romance by : Ann Radcliffe
Download or read book A Sicilian Romance written by Ann Radcliffe and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-01-21 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Sicilian Romance begins when a tourist meets a local monk at the crumbling ruins of the castle Mazzini. The monk invites her to the monastery to view a manuscript that records the mysterious happenings that occurred hundreds of years ago in the once-great castle. The manuscript tells of the plight of two sisters, Julia and Emilia Mazzini, who, after the return of their tyrannical father, witness supernatural phenomena around the castle’s neglected southern wing. Radcliffe was viewed as the greatest writer of the Gothic literary style by most early 19th century critics and literary historians despite Horace Walpole seemingly “inventing” the genre in The Castle of Otranto. A Sicilian Romance was first published anonymously in 1790, making it the second of her published works.
Book Synopsis A Sicilian Romance by : Ann Radcliffe
Download or read book A Sicilian Romance written by Ann Radcliffe and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-04-29 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Sicilian Romance is a gothic novel by Ann Radcliffe. It was her second published work, and was first published anonymously in 1790. 'On the northern shore of Sicily are still to be seen the magnificent remains of a castle, which formerly belonged to the noble house of Mazzini. It stands in the centre of a small bay, and upon a gentle acclivity, which, on one side, slopes towards the sea, and on the other rises into an eminence crowned by dark woods. The situation is admirably beautiful and picturesque, and the ruins have an air of ancient grandeur, which, contrasted with the present solitude of the scene, impresses the traveller with awe and curiosity. During my travels abroad I visited this spot. As I walked over the loose fragments of stone, which lay scattered through the immense area of the fabrick, and surveyed the sublimity and grandeur of the ruins, I recurred, by a natural association of ideas, to the times when these walls stood proudly in their original splendour, when the halls were the scenes of hospitality and festive magnificence, and when they resounded with the voices of those whom death had long since swept from the earth.'
Book Synopsis A Sicilian Romance by : Ann Radcliffe
Download or read book A Sicilian Romance written by Ann Radcliffe and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-01-11 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Sicilian Romance The House of Mazzini by Ann Radcliffe A Sicilian Romance is a gothic novel by Ann Radcliffe. It was her second published work, and was first published anonymously in 1790. The plot concerns the fallen nobility of the house of Mazzini, on the northern shore of Sicily, as related by a tourist who learns of their turbulent history from a monk he meets at the ruins of their once-magnificent castle. The Mazzini sisters, Emilia and Julia are 'beautiful' young ladies with many talents. Julia quickly falls in love with the young and handsome Italian count Hippolitus de Vereza, but to her dismay her father decides that she should marry Duke de Luovo instead. After much thought Julia attempts to elope with Hippolitus on the night before her wedding. However, their escape had been anticipated, and the Marquis, Julia's father, ambushes and seemingly kills Hippolitus whose body is carried away by his servants. The Marquis tells Julia that she must marry the duke and after much difficulty she escapes again alone. The Marquis and the Duke spend much of the novel trying to catch Julia and force her to marry the duke. Julia has to flee from her various hiding places as she narrowly avoids capture and eventually ends up, by a secret tunnel, in the abandoned and seemingly haunted southern apartments of the Mazzini castle only to find that her mother, thought to be dead, had been imprisoned there for years by the Marquis, who had grown to despise her. The Marquis's new wife, Maria de Vellorno, commits murder-suicide after the Marquis discovers and accuses her of infidelity, poisoning the Marquis and stabbing herself. Before he dies the Marquis confesses to Ferdinand, his son, that his mother has been imprisoned, and hands him the keys. However, his mother and Julia had already been freed by Hippolitus, who had recovered from his wounds. Ferdinand then finds them at a lighthouse on the coast, waiting to leave for Italy, and they are all joyfully reunited. The introduction to the Oxford World's Classics edition notes that in this novel "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". The novel explores the "cavernous landscapes and labyrinthine passages of Sicily's castles and convents to reveal the shameful secrets of its all-powerful aristocracy" On the northern shore of Sicily are still to be seen the magnificent remains of a castle, which formerly belonged to the noble house of Mazzini. It stands in the centre of a small bay, and upon a gentle acclivity, which, on one side, slopes towards the sea, and on the other rises into an eminence crowned by dark woods. The situation is admirably beautiful and picturesque, and the ruins have an air of ancient grandeur, which, contrasted with the present solitude of the scene, impresses the traveller with awe and curiosity. During my travels abroad I visited this spot. As I walked over the loose fragments of stone, which lay scattered through the immense area of the fabrick, and surveyed the sublimity and grandeur of the ruins, I recurred, by a natural association of ideas, to the times when these walls stood proudly in their original splendour, when the halls were the scenes of hospitality and festive magnificence, and when they resounded with the voices of those whom death had long since swept from the earth. 'Thus,' said I, 'shall the present generation--he who now sinks in misery--and he who now swims in pleasure, alike pass away and be forgotten.' ......
Book Synopsis The Last Refuge by : Henry B. Fuller
Download or read book The Last Refuge written by Henry B. Fuller and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1900 Edition.
Book Synopsis A Sicilian Romance, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) by : Ann Ward Radcliffe
Download or read book A Sicilian Romance, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Ann Ward Radcliffe and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-22 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Sicilian Romance, Vol. 1 of 2 Infiance of the retribution of Heaven, and were from that period forfaken, and abandoned to decay. His words excited my curiofity, and I enquired further concerning their meaning. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis The Last Refuge by : HENRY B. FULLER
Download or read book The Last Refuge written by HENRY B. FULLER and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-23 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Last Refuge: A Sicilian Romance So, then, said the Freiherr, half gravely, half whimsically, we understand each other. From this day forth my dependence shall be wholly on you. He raised his hand from the travertine halus trade and placed it, with a kind of fond appeal, upon young Bruno's shoulder. Yes, your eyes shall be my eyes; your senses shall be my senses. I shall see things as you see them, and feel them as you feel them; and the world that was so beautiful in my youth shall become beautiful once again. Bruno turned his dark eyes upon his new found friend in a glance that was full of good-will, and as full of sympathy as his years would allow. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis The Last Refuge by : Henry Blake Fuller
Download or read book The Last Refuge written by Henry Blake Fuller and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Sicilian Romance by : Ann Ward Radcliffe
Download or read book A Sicilian Romance written by Ann Ward Radcliffe and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The plot concerns the fallen nobility of the house of Mazzini, on the northern shore of Sicily, as related by a tourist who learns of their turbulent history from a monk he meets at the ruins of their once-magnificent castle.The Marquis Mazzini's daughters, Emilia and Julia, are beautiful and accomplished young ladies. Julia quickly falls in love with the young and handsome Italian count Hippolitus de Vereza, but to her dismay her father decides that she should marry Duke de Luovo instead. After much thought Julia attempts to elope with Hippolitus on the night before her wedding. However, their escape has been anticipated, and the Marquis ambushes and seemingly kills Hippolitus, whose body is carried away by his servants. He insists that Julia to accept the engagement with de Luovo, but after much difficulty she escapes again alone.