num_pages: 380
description: Ann Radcliffe’s Romance of the Forest, first published in 1791, is the epitome of the Gothic a beautiful, orphaned heiress, a dashing hero, a dissolute, aristocratic villain, and a ruined abbey deep in a great forest are combined by the author in a tale of suspense where danger lurks behind every secret trap-door. Reprinted four times between 1791 and 1795 and satirised as representative of the Gothic genre by Jane Austen in Northanger Abbey, Radcliffe’s tense masterpiece, in which the heroine is afraid even to look in the mirror for fear of what she might see behind her, established her reputation as a writer.
language: English
title: Romance of the Forest
titlecomplete: Romance of the Forest
characters: Annette, Marquis de Montalt, Clara la Luc, Louis de la Motte, Madame de la Motte, Peter, Adeline, Pierre de la Motte, Arnaud la Luc, Theodore de Peyrou
genres: Romance, Literature, British Literature, Mystery, Gothic, Fiction, Classics, Historical Fiction, Horror, 18th Century
ratings_count: 2605
publisher: Nonsuch Publishing