A Sicilian Romance

In A Sicilian Romance (1790) 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 nove, and the idol of the Romantics. This early novel explores the cavernous landscapes and labyrinthine passages of Sicily's castles and covents to reveal the shameful secrets of its all-powerful aristocracy. Julia and Emilia Mazzini live secluded in an ancient mansion near the Straits of Messina. After their father's return to the island a neglected part of the house is haunted by a series of mysterious sights and sounds. The origin of these hauntings is only discovered after a series of breathless pursuits through dreamlike pastoral landscapes. When revelation finally comes, it forces the heroines to challenge the united forces of religious and patriarchal authority.

ISBN 0199537399   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9780199537396 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 184 Publisher Oxford University Press   Published in Oxford Imprint Oxford University Press   Series title Oxford World's Classics Format Paperback   Previous ISBN 9780192836663 Publication date 09 Oct 2008   Height (mm) 196 Library of Congress PR5202   Width (mm) 129 DEWEY 823.6   Spine width (mm) 13 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level General, Undergraduate Pages 256

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