Ann Radcliffe
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Ann Radcliffe was an English novelist and poet who pioneered the Gothic novel. Her fourth and most popular novel, The Mysteries of Udolpho, was published in 1794. She is also remembered for her third
Wedgwood & Bentley vase. Radcliffe's father sold their wares in Bath, Somerset.
Salvator Rosa's "Bandits on a Rocky Coast", painted between 1655 and 1660. Rosa's landscapes influenced Radcliffe's novels.
Claude Lorrain's "Landscape with a Piping Shepherd", painted between 1629 and 1632. Lorrain was also a visual influence on Radcliffe's novels.
Imagined portrait of Ann Radcliffe, published after her death in J.S. Pratt's 1853 edition of The Romance of the Forest
The Mysteries of Udolpho
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The Mysteries of Udolpho: A Romance is a Gothic novel by Ann Radcliffe, which appeared in four volumes on 8 May 1794 from G. G. and J. Robinson of London. Her fourth and most popular novel, The Myster
Ann Radcliffe
…Radcliffe (née Ward; 9 July 1764 – 7 February 1823) was an English novelist and poet who pioneered the Gothic novel. Her fourth and most popular novel, The Mysteries of Udolpho, was published in 1794. She is also remembered for her third novel, The Romance of the Forest (1791) and her fifth novel, The Italian (1797). Her novels…
Title page from first edition
Newspaper illustration from abridged version of The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1907