The Romance of the Forest (Oxford World's Classics) - Softcover

Radcliffe, Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199539227 ISBN 13: 9780199539222

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2009

Synopsis

This novel, although not as well-known as Radcliffe's later works, is thought to represent her work at its best. More than just a work of suspense and mystery, it is a work of ideas--a discussion of the contrasts between hedonistic doctrines and a system of education and values.

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About this title

From the Publisher:

Ann Radcliffe’s Romance of the Forest, first published in 1791, is the epitome of the Gothic novel: a beautiful, orphaned heiress, a dashing hero, a dissolute, aristocratic villain and a ruined abbey deep in a great forest are combined by the author in a tale of suspense where danger lurks behind every secret trap-door. Reprinted four times between 1791 and 1795 and satirised as representative of the Gothic genre by Jane Austen in Northanger Abbey, Radcliffe’s tense masterpiece, in which the heroine is afraid even to look in the mirror for fear of what she might see behind her, established her reputation as a writer and her brilliant descriptions of both characters and scenes serve to create the perfect atmosphere for a novel packed with emotional intensity.

About the Author:

Chloe Chard is Lecturer in English at the University of Sheffield.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0199539227
• ISBN 13: 9780199539222
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432
• Editor: Chard Chloe