Ann Radcliffe

A Sicilian Romance is a gothic novel by Ann Radcliffe. It was her second published work, and was first published anonymously in 1790. The plot concerns the turbulent history of the fallen aristocrats of the house of Mazzini, on the northern shore of Sicily, as related by a tourist who becomes intrigued by the stories of a monk he meets in the ruins of their doomed castle. The introduction to the 'Worlds Classics' edition notes that in this novel "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". The novel explores the "cavernous landscapes and labyrinthine passages of Sicily's castles and convents to reveal the shameful secrets of its all-powerful aristocracy"

A Sicilian Romance is a gothic novel by Ann Radcliffe. It was her second published work, and was first published anonymously in 1790. The plot concerns the turbulent history of the fallen aristocrats of the house of Mazzini, on the northern shore of Sicily, as related by a tourist who becomes intrigued by the stories of a monk he meets in the ruins of their doomed castle. The introduction to the 'Worlds Classics' edition notes that in this novel "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". The novel explores the "cavernous landscapes and labyrinthine passages of Sicily's castles and convents to reveal the shameful secrets of its all-powerful aristocracy"

Band 4 der ersten deutschsprachigen Ann-Radcliffe-Gesamtausgabe, bersetzt und herausgegeben von Maria Weber. Gefangen im d steren Schloss Udolpho k mpft die junge Waise Emily St. Aubert gegen die hinterh ltigen Pl ne ihres Vormunds Montoni, gegen unheimlichen Geisterspuk und ihre eigenen melancholischen Phantasien. Von ihrem Geliebten getrennt und der Au enwelt isoliert, muss sie sich der Avancen eines hartn ckigen Verehrers erwehren, w hrend der lasterhafte Montoni nach ihrem Erbe giert und in seinem Rachedurst sogar ihr Leben bedroht. Als au erdem unerkl rliche Spukerscheinungen hinzukommen, droht Emily unter dem auf ihr lastenden Druck zu zerbrechen ... The Mysteries of Udolpho war seinerzeit einer der popul rsten Romane der Schauerromantik und hob durch Radcliffes faszinierende psychologische Darstellung seiner Figuren die "Gothic Romance" auf ein neues Niveau. Heute gilt der Roman als eines der wichtigsten Werke in der Geschichte der europ ischen Literatur. Die alte bersetzung von Meta Forkel-Liebeskind war erheblich gek rzt - es fehlten etwa 20 Prozent des Textes im Vergleich zur englischen Originalausgabe, darunter viele Dialoge, ganze Szenen, Landschaftsbeschreibungen sowie s mtliche Gedichte. F r diese einb ndige Komplettausgabe wurde der gesamte Roman erstmals ungek rzt ins Deutsche bertragen.

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This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high quality images, and table elements, giving our readers the feel of holding a 'fresh and newly' reprinted and/or revised edition, as opposed to other scanned & printed (Optical Character Recognition - OCR) reproductions. 2. Correction of imperfections: As the work was re-created from the scratch, therefore, it was vetted to rectify certain conventional norms with regard to typographical mistakes, hyphenations, punctuations, blurred images, missing content/pages, and/or other related subject matters, upon our consideration. Every attempt was made to rectify the imperfections related to omitted constructs in the original edition via other references. However, a few of such imperfections which could not be rectified due to intentional\unintentional omission of content in the original edition, were inherited and preserved from the original work to maintain the authenticity and construct, relevant to the work. We believe that this work holds historical, cultural and/or intellectual importance in the literary works community, therefore despite the oddities, we accounted the work for print as a part of our continuing effort towards preservation of literary work and our contribution towards the development of the society as a whole, driven by our beliefs. We are grateful to our readers for putting their faith in us and accepting our imperfections with regard to preservation of the historical content. HAPPY READING

This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high quality images, and table elements, giving our readers the feel of holding a 'fresh and newly' reprinted and/or revised edition, as opposed to other scanned & printed (Optical Character Recognition - OCR) reproductions. 2. Correction of imperfections: As the work was re-created from the scratch, therefore, it was vetted to rectify certain conventional norms with regard to typographical mistakes, hyphenations, punctuations, blurred images, missing content/pages, and/or other related subject matters, upon our consideration. Every attempt was made to rectify the imperfections related to omitted constructs in the original edition via other references. However, a few of such imperfections which could not be rectified due to intentional\unintentional omission of content in the original edition, were inherited and preserved from the original work to maintain the authenticity and construct, relevant to the work. We believe that this work holds historical, cultural and/or intellectual importance in the literary works community, therefore despite the oddities, we accounted the work for print as a part of our continuing effort towards preservation of literary work and our contribution towards the development of the society as a whole, driven by our beliefs. We are grateful to our readers for putting their faith in us and accepting our imperfections with regard to preservation of the historical content. HAPPY READING

Reproduction of the original: A Sicilian Romance by Ann Radcliffe

Reproduction of the original: A Sicilian Romance by Ann Radcliffe

Band 1 der ersten deutschsprachigen Ann-Radcliffe-Gesamtausgabe, herausgegeben von Maria Weber. Osbert, Earl von Athlin, wird von dem leidenschaftlichen Wunsch getrieben, den Mord an seinem Vater zu r chen, der einst durch die Hand Malcolms, Baron von Dunbayne ermordet wurde. Der junge Alleyn, ein Freund des Earls aus dem Volke, steht diesem in Rat und Tat zur Seite und verliebt sich ungl cklich in dessen gesellschaftlich weit ber ihm stehende Schwester Mary. Die tugendhafte und zarte Mary erwidert Alleyns Gef hle schon bald, versucht aber, ihren Gef hlen f r ihn zu widerstehen. Da der von b sen Leidenschaften getriebene Malcolm sie ebenfalls zur Frau begehrt und nicht einmal vor Entf hrung und Mord zur ckschreckt, um ihre Hand zu bekommen, macht die Situation nicht einfacher, und schon bald werden die Burgen mit all ihren Geheimnissen zum Schauplatz erbitterter K mpfe, gef hrlicher Verfolgungsjagden und von Szenen leidenschaftlichen Gef hls ... "Die Burgen von Athlin und Dunbayne", erstmals im Jahre 1789 erschienen, war Ann Radcliffes erster Roman. Die Handlung des Romans ist im Mittelalter angesetzt und spielt vor einer Kulisse der melancholischen Sch nheit der Berge, alter verwinkelter Burgen und den schroffen K sten des schottischen Hochlands. Mit der darin enthaltenen Romantik und Spannung, den Mysterien und Beziehungsverflechtungen, und nicht zuletzt mit ihrer herausragenden Wortgewalt schuf Ann Radcliffe einen Bestseller, und ebnete sich den Weg zu dauerhaftem Ruhm. Erstmals ins Deutsche bersetzt von Maria Weber

DEUTSCHE AUSGABE Dieser spannende historische Kriminalroman spielt im 13. Jahrhundert zur Zeit des englischen K nigs Henry III. Die Handlung beginnt mit dem feierlichen Einzug des K nigs in Kenilworth, den ausgelassenen Vorbereitungen zur Hochzeit des jungen Ritters Gaston de Blondeville und eines anstehenden Ritterturniers. Doch die festliche Stimmung wird j h von einem reisenden Kaufmann unterbrochen, der vor den K nig tritt und Ungeheuerliches behauptet: Sir Gaston habe ihm gro es Unrecht angetan, indem dieser seine Reisegruppe berfallen und ausgeraubt, und dabei seinen Verwandten, einen Johanniterritter auf der Heimreise, ermordet habe. Der Hof ist emp rt ber diese dreiste Anschuldigung gegen den jungen G nstling des K nigs, K nig Henry sieht sich jedoch gezwungen, einen Prozess zu veranstalten, um die Sache aus der Welt zu schaffen. Ist der junge Ritter tats chlich der angeklagten Verbrechen schuldig, oder treibt der fremde Kaufmann ein teuflisches Spiel? Schon bald mehren sich die Zeichen, dass eine bernat rliche Macht ihre Finger im Spiel hat - doch handelt es sich dabei wirklich um den unruhigen Geist des ermordeten Ritters, oder sind es, wie die Freunde Sir Gastons vermuten, vielmehr vom boshaften Kaufmann ausge bte schwarzmagische K nste? Erst im Verlaufe des Turnieres kommt die Wahrheit schlie lich ans Licht ... Gaston de Blondeville ist der letzte, posthum erschienene, Roman der englischen 'Queen of Gothic Romance', Ann Radcliffe.