The great enchantress; dissent versus decorum; taste versus trade; Miss Nancy; a literary establishment; the aesthetics of terror; portraits of the artist; unrivalled genius; picturesque tours; the mighty magician; behind the veil; horrid mysteries; the gothic tourist; olden times; construction of the legend; sequestered at Windsor; the final years; Mother Radcliffe.
"[An] ingeniously researched biography....bolstered by sensitive analysis of Radcliffe's books, Mistress of Udolpho reads at times like a scholarly detective novel. The heroine remains an enigma, but her world comes vividly to life." The New York Times Book Review
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