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Ann Radcliffe (9 July 1764 – 7 February 1823) was an English author, a pioneer of the gothic novel. It was her technique of the explained supernatural, in which every seemingly ... - Ann Radcliffe
Ann Radcliffe was the most popular writer of her day and almost universally admired. Contemporary critics called her the mighty enchantress and the Shakespeare of romance-writers - Ann Radcliffe
Ann Radcliffe, novelist and poet, wrote The Mysteries of Udolpho, one of the first Gothic novels and a masterpiece of the genre.
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Ann Radcliffe
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Ann Radcliffe, née Ward (1764-1823), English novelist, born in London and privately educated. Radcliffe's tales, characterized by mystery plots, an atmosphere of terror, and poetically intense landscapes, helped to establish the vogue for the so-called Gothic novel. For a time she was the most popular novelist in England. The group of romantic novels for which she became most famous includes The Romance of the Forest (3 volumes, 1791), The Mysteries of Udolpho (4 volumes, 1794), and The Italian (3 volumes, 1797). The Mysteries of Udolpho is her most popular work; Jane Austen satirized the work in her novel Northanger Abbey and contrasted the frivolous mystery of the gothic novel with the reality of human foibles.
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