Sicilian Romance, A by Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823)

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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" (Summary from Wikipedia)

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Chapter 16
Jan 01, 1970
Chapter 15
Jan 01, 1970
Chapter 14
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Chapter 13
Jan 01, 1970
Chapter 12
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Chapter 11
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Chapter 10
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Chapter 09
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Chapter 08
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Chapter 07
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Chapter 06
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Chapter 05
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Chapter 04
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Chapter 03
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Chapter 02
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Chapter 01
Jan 01, 1970