num_pages: 256
description: In A Sicilian Romance (1790) 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. This early novel explores the cavernous landscapes and labyrinthinepassages of Sicily's castles and convents to reveal the shameful secrets of its all-powerful aristocracy.
language: English
title: A Sicilian Romance
titlecomplete: A Sicilian Romance
genres: Fiction, Historical, Gothic, Mystery, Horror, Romance, 18th Century, Classics, Literature, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 3710
places: Sicily
publisher: Oxford University Press