The Mysteries of Udolpho

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Gothic novel novel

The Mysteries of Udolpho is a 1794 Gothic novel by Ann Radcliffe, renowned for its atmospheric suspense, mysterious castles, and influential role in shaping the Gothic fiction tradition.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Gothic novel → novel →
author	Ann Radcliffe →
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom →
firstEditionPlaceOfPublication	London →
followedBy	The Italian →
genre	Gothic fiction → mystery fiction → romance →
hasAdaptation	The Mysteries of Udolpho (stage adaptations) →
hasLiteraryForm	prose fiction →
hasMotive	heroines journey through terror to rational understanding →
hasTheme	female virtue and persecution → imagination and terror → inheritance and property → rational explanation of the supernatural → sensibility → the sublime → virtue in distress →
influenced	Gothic fiction tradition → Northanger Abbey →
literaryMovement	Romanticism →
mainCharacter	Annette → Count Morano → Emily St. Aubert → Madame Montoni → Madame St. Aubert → Monsieur St. Aubert → Montoni → Valancourt →
mentionedIn	Northanger Abbey →
narrativePerspective	third-person narration →
notableFor	atmospheric suspense → descriptions of landscape → explained supernatural → mysterious castles →
numberOfVolumes	4 →
originalLanguage	English →
pageCount	over 600 pages →
precededBy	A Sicilian Romance →
publicationDate	1794 →
publisher	G. G. and J. Robinson →
setInPeriod	1584 → 1585 →
setting	Apennine Mountains → France → Italy →
timeOfAction	late 16th century →
titleCharacter	Castle of Udolpho →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ann Radcliffe → Ann Radcliffe → Gothic literature →	notableWork
Female Gothic →	associatedWithWork
The Romance of the Forest →	followedBy
The Mysteries of Udolpho ("The Mysteries of Udolpho (stage adaptations)") →	hasAdaptation
The Italian →	influencedBy
The Mysteries of Udolpho ("Castle of Udolpho") →	titleCharacter