Mysteries of Udolpho
Author: first_name: Ann
last_name: Radcliffe
Language: English
Year: 1794

Considered a change agent in early Gothic romance; oft-referenced in later literary works or paid homage to by such authors as Jane Austen (influential novel ready by her heroine, Catherine Morland, in <i>Northanger Abbey</i>); Edgar Allen Poe (borrowed plot elements for the short story <i>The Oval Portrait</i>); and Sir Walter Scott. - In <i>The Mysteries of Udolpho</i>, one of the most famous and popular gothic novels of the eighteenth century, Ann Radcliffe took a new tack from her predecesso