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The Romance of the Forest

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THE ROMANCE OF THE FOREST (1791) heralded an enormous surge in the popularity of Gothic novels, in a decade that included Ann Radcliffe’s later works, THE MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO and THE ITALIAN. Set in a Roman Catholic Europe of violent passions and extreme oppression, the novel follows the fate of its heroine Adeline, who is mysteriously placed under the protection of a family fleeing Paris for debt. They take refuge in a ruined abbey in south-eastern France, where sinister relics of the past — a skeleton, a manuscript, and a rusty dagger — are discovered in concealed rooms. Adeline finds herself at the mercy of the abbey’s proprietor, a libidinous Marquis whose attentions finally force her to contemplate escape to distant regions. [From the back cover.]

Author(s): Radcliffe, Ann
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 1999

Language: English
Commentary: PLEASE NOTE: Due to faulty scanning the book contains (1) some off-center pages (a usual phenomenon that does not affect readability) and (2) many blurry words. Although this isn't detrimental to intelligibility either (one can surmise what those words are from the context) it can be annoying, and I am uploading this book mainly for the introduction and notes. I will be uploading another edition of this novel, by Barnes & Noble, which appears to be free of the latter fault. Readers may wish to choose the B&N edition. Happy reading!
Pages: 397
City: Oxford
Tags: Gothic Fiction

Acknowledgements vi
Introduction vii
Note on the Text xxv
Select Bibliography xxvi
A Chronology of Ann Radcliffe xxviii
THE ROMANCE OF THE FOREST 1
Explanatory Notes 364