The romance of the forest
"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."--Back cover
Print Book, English, 1999
Oxford University Press, Oxford [Oxfordshire], 1999
Gothic fiction
xxx, 397 pages ; 19 cm
9780192837134, 0192837133
41474022
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Note on the Text
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A Chronology of Ann Radcliffe. THE ROMANCE OF THE FOREST. Explanatory Notes