The Mysteries of Udolpho, Volume 1 and 2 (Paperback)

from kemeki

This work was definitely written in a different time! Parts were a bit slow, which was not what I was expecting. And I wasn't expecting it to be 600+ pages either. The quintessential Gothic novel - it turns out to be true, but if you read it - I recommend just skipping the first volume entirely! ...

from Ganeshaka

I found The Mysteries of Udolpho to be like being on an Alaskan wilderness fishing trip without the insect repellent. All the elements were in place for a good time...the fresh air, the beauty, the fish...everything was just so - but for "bzzz" "slap" "bzzzz" "whack" "bbzzzzz""thwap". The frequen...

from MickyFine

Emily has always had a sheltered and happy life with her parents on their small estate in Gascony. But when tragedy strikes, a combination of events brings Emily to the castle of Udolpho in Italy. While there, her guardian, Montoni, threatens her life and her sanity. In the isolated fortress fill...

from RandyStafford

Accomplished, refined, and beautiful, our heroine Emily St. Aubert finds herself orphaned, her finances in doubt, and surrounded by uncaring, vacuous, and social climbing relatives. Refusing to marry her true love Valancourt, she accompanies her aunt to Italy. There, they both become the prisoner...

from keristars

This is a very long and sometimes very boring book, but I think it's well worth reading - especially in a group setting! (because it's fun to complain about the long and boring bits with other people, or to laugh at how silly Emily is.) I think the Gothic novel genre is fascinating, and of course...