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A Sicilian Romance

by Ann Radcliffe · 1790

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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.

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romanceromanceMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thisVictorianVictorianMore like thisLess of thisBritish mysteryBritish mysteryMore like thisLess of thishorrorhorrorMore like thisLess of this
Themes
gothicgothicMore like thisLess of thiscoming of agecoming of ageMore like thisLess of this
Setting
VictorianVictorianMore like thisLess of thisItalyItalyMore like thisLess of thisSicilySicilyMore like thisLess of thiscollegecollegeMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 256 pages

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