The Romance of the Forest
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The Romance of the Forest is a seminal 1791 Gothic novel by Ann Radcliffe, known for its atmospheric suspense, mysterious settings, and influential blend of terror and romantic sensibility.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Gothic novel
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novel → |
| author |
Ann Radcliffe
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| centuryOfPublication |
18th century
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| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
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| firstEditionLocation |
London
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| followedBy |
The Mysteries of Udolpho
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| genre |
Gothic fiction
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romance fiction → |
| hasCharacter |
La Motte
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Madame La Motte → Theodore → the Marquis de Montalt → |
| hasForm |
multi-volume novel
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| hasLiterarySignificance |
helped popularize Gothic romance in Britain
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seminal work of early Gothic fiction → |
| hasMainCharacter |
Adeline
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| hasMotif |
hidden crimes
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imprisonment → ruined abbey → secret manuscripts → threatened heroine → |
| hasTheme |
family origins and identity
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mystery and secrecy → nature and the sublime → persecution and tyranny → sensibility → terror → virtue in distress → |
| influenced |
development of Gothic fiction
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later Romantic-era novelists → |
| literaryMovement |
Romanticism
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| literaryPeriod |
late 18th century literature
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| narrativeForm |
prose
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| narrativePerspective |
third-person narration
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| notableFor |
atmospheric suspense
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blend of terror and romantic sensibility → mysterious settings → |
| numberOfVolumes |
3
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| originalLanguage |
English
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| precededBy |
A Sicilian Romance
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| publicationDate |
1791
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| publisher |
T. Hookham
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| setting |
France
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Gothic abbey → rural France → |
| timePeriodOfFiction |
17th century France
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Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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A Sicilian Romance
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followedBy |
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Ann Radcliffe
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